{"id":2045924,"date":"2023-09-27T04:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rubio-calls-for-biden-admin-to-expel-chinas-influence-operations-after-ford-pauses-its-project-with-chinese-ev-battery-maker\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T04:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:47:22","slug":"sen-rubio-calls-for-biden-admin-to-expel-chinas-influence-operations-after-ford-pauses-its-project-with-chinese-ev-battery-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rubio-calls-for-biden-admin-to-expel-chinas-influence-operations-after-ford-pauses-its-project-with-chinese-ev-battery-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Rubio urges Biden Admin to remove China&#8217;s influence operations following Ford&#8217;s suspension of collaboration with Chinese EV battery manufacturer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-rubio-calls-for-biden-admin-to-expel-chinas-influence-operations-after-ford-pauses-its-project-with-chinese-ev-battery-maker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2045924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senator Rubio Urges Biden \u2063Administration to Expel Chinese Communist \u200bInfluence Operations<\/h2>\n<p>Following \u200cFord Motor Co.&#8217;s decision to pause its $3.5 billion project with a Chinese\u2062 electric vehicle battery maker,\u2063 Senator Marco\u2063 Rubio (R-Fla.) is \u2062calling on the Biden administration to take further action against Chinese communist influence operations. Rubio believes that Chinese companies are being used as tools by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to exert\u200b influence.<\/p>\n<p>Ford recently announced\u200b the halting of its EV battery\u200c plant project with\u200c China&#8217;s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. \u200dLtd. (CATL). The\u200b decision was made to\u2063 ensure the plant&#8217;s \u200dcompetitive operation. \u2064CATL, a leader in the EV battery industry, has received substantial subsidies from the CCP. The plant in Marshall, Michigan, was set to be a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-did-the-millions-of-dollars-donated-to-black-lives-matter-go\/\" title=\"Where Did The Millions Of Dollars Donated To Black Lives Matter Go?\">wholly-owned subsidiary<\/a> of Ford, \u2063with CATL providing battery technology, equipment, and workers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/ford-halts-construction-of-china-linked-3-5-billion-battery-plant-in-michigan-5498221?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Ford Halts Construction of China-Linked $3.5 Billion\u200c Battery Plant In Michigan<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/25\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/in-depth-us-defense-report-identifies-communist-china-as-primary-bioweapon-threat-5496320?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">ANALYSIS: US Defense Report Identifies Communist China\u2063 as Primary Bioweapon Threat<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/26\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement emailed to The Epoch Times, Senator Rubio emphasized that companies like CATL and Gotion High-Tech \u2062Co. should not be allowed to \u2062operate in the \u2064U.S. or benefit from American taxpayer \u200csubsidies. He \u2063called them tools of the CCP and urged the Biden\u2064 administration to expel\u200d these influence operations from American soil.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Rubio has\u200c been cautious\u200d about the Ford-CATL deal \u2062from the beginning. In February, he wrote a letter to the secretaries of Treasury, Energy, and Transportation, \u2064requesting a \u2062review by the Committee \u200con\u2062 Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to \u2062assess national\u2062 security risks.<\/p>\n<p>Given \u200bthe\u200c CCP&#8217;s heavy\u2062 subsidies\u2064 and\u200c strategic importance of the\u200b EV battery sector, Senator Rubio \u200creferred to CATL \u2062as a &#8220;PRC national champion.&#8221; \u200dIn March, he introduced a bill to block Chinese companies&#8217; access to EV-related tax credits. Since then,\u200d many Republican\u200d lawmakers have expressed concerns about the deal and \u200cits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-new-proactive-step-on-tiktok-deal-under-biden\/\" title=\"White House: No New \u2018Proactive Step\u2019 on TikTok Deal Under Biden\">potential national security risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Representative\u2064 Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chairman \u200cof the House Select Committee \u200bon the\u200d CCP, has also\u200b been actively involved in reviewing the \u2063Ford-CATL agreement. He led a bipartisan delegation to\u200d Detroit to discuss how Congress could \u2062support Ford&#8217;s global competitiveness without relying heavily \u2064on Chinese supply \u200dchains.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint letter with Representative\u2064 Jason \u2063Smith (R-Mo.), Chairman Gallagher expressed \u2063concerns about China&#8217;s dominance in\u2064 EV \u2064battery\u2064 technology and the use of U.S. taxpayers&#8217; money. \u2062They\u200b also raised questions about\u200c forced labor and potential violations of the \u200bUyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.<\/p>\n<p>At \u2062a committee hearing, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the ranking Democrat on the\u200c House China panel,\u200b highlighted\u200d the concept\u2064 of \u2062the CCP&#8217;s military-civil fusion and\u2062 emphasized the need to address China&#8217;s influence in foundational technologies.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement to The Epoch\u2064 Times, Chairman Gallagher commended Ford&#8217;s decision \u2063to reevaluate its deal with CATL but called for the cancellation of the deal altogether.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200bHow does the Chinese government&#8217;s influence over \u2063domestic companies pose a threat\u2063 to other countries&#8217;\u200c interests and security?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Lowed to\u200d operate freely in the\u2062 United States due to\u2064 their\u2063 close ties to \u200dthe Chinese government. He stated, &#8220;Their presence in the United States \u200bis a direct threat to our national security and economic competitiveness.&#8221; \u2062Rubio further\u2062 expressed concerns about the\u200c potential\u2062 for these companies\u2063 to engage in \u2063espionage activities and steal intellectual \u2063property.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio&#8217;s call for\u2064 action comes amid rising tensions between the\u2062 United\u200b States\u200c and China. The Biden administration has been vocal about its commitment to confronting\u2063 the Chinese \u200bgovernment&#8217;s aggressive \u200dbehavior, particularly in the areas \u2063of economic competition and national security. Rubio\u2062 believes that expelling \u200dChinese companies involved\u200b in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-ev-battery-maker-gotion-to-build-2-billion-factory-in-illinois\/\" title=\"Gotion, a Chinese EV battery manufacturer, plans to construct a  billion factory in Illinois.\">electric\u2063 vehicle battery production<\/a>\u2063 is a necessary step in countering the expansive influence of the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bhalt of Ford&#8217;s project with CATL is a significant move that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rubio-calls-for-biden-admin-to-expel-chinas-influence-operations-after-ford-pauses-its-project-with-chinese-ev-battery-maker\/\" title=\"Sen. Rubio urges Biden Admin to remove China's influence operations following Ford's suspension of collaboration with Chinese EV battery manufacturer.\">reflects growing apprehension<\/a> over China&#8217;s economic influence. According to reports,\u200c CATL has received generous subsidies from the\u2064 CCP, which have helped\u200d it become a leading player in the EV battery industry. \u2062By partnering\u200d with CATL, Ford was essentially relying on a company that could be\u200c influenced and controlled by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio&#8217;s concerns are not unwarranted. The Chinese government&#8217;s influence over its \u200ddomestic companies \u200dis well-documented, as it exercises strict control over various aspects \u200dof their operations. Through this control, the CCP can advance its own agenda, potentially compromising the interests and security\u200d of \u200bother countries.<\/p>\n<p>Expelling Chinese companies involved in critical sectors such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-takes-aim-at-planned-ford-us-battery-plant-using-chinese-technology\/\" title=\"Rubio takes aim at planned Ford US battery plant using Chinese technology\">electric vehicle battery production<\/a> would\u2062 demonstrate a strong stance against \u200cChinese communist influence operations. Rubio&#8217;s call to action aligns\u2063 with \u200bthe \u200cbroader goal of promoting a\u2064 more secure and self-reliant United States.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 some may argue that blocking Chinese companies from operating in \u200cthe United\u2064 States goes against the principles of free trade, Rubio contends \u2062that national security concerns should take precedence. He emphasizes the need\u2064 to protect sensitive technology and prevent\u2063 the loss of critical intellectual property\u200d to foreign entities.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio&#8217;s message to the \u2062Biden administration is\u2064 clear: it is crucial to act decisively in countering Chinese communist influence. By scrutinizing \u200dthe involvement of Chinese\u2062 companies in critical sectors and taking measures to ensure the\u200d security of American technology and intellectual property,\u2064 the United States can protect its national interests \u2063from the aggressive influence of the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Senator Rubio&#8217;s urging of the Biden administration to expel Chinese communist influence operations reflects \u200cgrowing \u2064concerns over China&#8217;s economic influence and national security threats.\u200b The halt of Ford&#8217;s project with\u200d CATL underscores\u2062 the need to reassess partnerships with Chinese \u2064companies closely tied to the Chinese government. By taking decisive action to counter Chinese communist influence, the United States can \u2063safeguard its national\u2063 security and economic competitiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Motor Co. has halted its $3.5 billion project with a Chinese EV battery maker. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urges the Biden administration to expel Chinese communist influence operations, claiming they exploit Chinese companies. 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