The U.S. Congress is beginning to slowly understand the complex role of Chinese enterprise in America’s transition to renewable energy.
Late last month, Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, revived the issue of Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology's (CATL) partnership with Ford to build a battery plant in Michigan. The committee raised the issue back in summer, but it had not gained traction in the mainstream media until now.
Save for the House committee, Washington has been slow to address the challenge of the cunning methods used by Chinese businesses to blunt the U.S.’ tools of economic statecraft, such as sanctions, trade tariffs and bans on entering or remaining in the U.S. market.