The Department of Defense added Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL—which Ford Motor Company has partnered with on a billion-dollar EV project in Michigan—to a list of companies that actively aid China’s military.
The Pentagon published documents Tuesday designating CATL and 133 other companies to its Section 1260H list of Chinese military companies, which the Department of Defense is required to update on an annual basis.
Lawmakers, security experts, and former federal officials have warned for years that the China-based CATL maintains strong ties to the Chinese Communist Party infrastructure even as the firm continues to develop a high-profile EV project with Ford in Michigan.
CATL’s inclusion on the list is another black eye for both Ford’s struggling EV business and Democrats’ climate ambitions—the Ford-CATL project was made possible by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D., Mich.), whose administration helped fund it with nearly $2 billion in direct subsidies and tax breaks. It is the latest evidence of the Chinese government’s stranglehold on global green energy supply chains.
“There is no such thing as a private company in China, and I am encouraged to see that the Pentagon has updated its 1260H list to include Chinese military companies active on U.S. soil,” Rep. John Moolenaar (R., Mich.), who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, told the Washington Free Beacon. […]
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