People familiar with the matter said that considering the sensitivity of the Ford Motor Corporation and the Chinese battery giant Ningde Times, and the tension between China and the United States, Chinese senior leaders requested additional review.It is also said that the results of the investigation will be handed over to the highest leadership.
(Beijing Comprehensive News) People familiar with the matter said that China will carefully review the recent cooperation agreements reached by the Ford Motor Corporation and the Chinese battery giant Ningde Times to avoid the latter's core technologies transfer to the United States.This is another proof of the complexity of commercial transactions in China and the United States.
According to Bloomberg, Ford Motor Monday (February 13) said that the above -mentioned cooperation will be authorized by the Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery technology in the Ningde era, which is used in Michigan, with a total investment of 3.5 billion US dollars (A electric vehicle battery factory of S $ 4.69 billion).
This factory will be the first factory in the United States to produce LFP batteries. The price of this battery is not so expensive, and it should make it more affordable.In Ningde Times, Ford Factory will be helped and equipped with employees there.
A person familiar with the matter who is unwilling to disclose the name said that after the project was reviewed and approved by the low -level officials in Beijing, considering the sensitivity of the transaction and the tension between China and the United States, Chinese senior leaders requested additional review.It is also said that the results of the investigation will be handed over to the highest leadership, but the form and timetable of the censorship are currently unclear.
People familiar with the matter also said that although this cooperation reflects China's advantage in electric vehicle battery technology, Beijing is also happy about this, but it is still worried that it will cause the core technology of the battery.
Ford issued a statement through an email and said, "We do not know that Chinese government officials have any further actions about the matter."The Ministry of Commerce, the Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have not responded to the request.Ningde's era did not respond.
Mark Warner, chairman of the American Senate Intelligence Commission, criticized China's review "is a kind of irony and hypocrisy."He said that in the past 20 years, Western companies have been asked to transfer technology to Chinese peers, or have been stolen by business spy activities, and now they want to reverse this trend.
The control of core technology has become an important front between the two major economies of the world. The United States actively adopts action to limit China to obtain chip manufacturing and other strategic capabilities.In the past, China has banned or restricted exports of dual -use technologies for military or military and civilians, such as satellites, pharmaceuticals and agricultural technology, but battery manufacturing has not appeared in its export ban list.
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Bloomberg said that Chinese officials will also check whether individuals who have been sanctioned by Chinese sanctions have participated in the above -mentioned projects in the Ford -Ningde era.In order to return tooth on US sanctions, China has also taken similar measures to many people in the United States, including the former Minister of Commerce Ross, a large number of staff of the Trump administration, and executives of Boeing.
The Ministry of Commerce of China on Thursday (February 16) included the two US military companies that sold Taiwan's military sales on Taiwan's unreliable entity list.A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said in response to relevant questions on Friday that Lockheed Martin, Thor Missile and Defense Company have repeatedly implemented military sales to Taiwan regardless of the strong opposition of China in recent years, seriously damage China's national security, seriously damage China's national sovereignty and territorywhole.
A spokesman emphasized that the scope of applicable to the unreliable entity list is strictly limited. It is aimed at very individual illegal foreign entities and will not expand the scope at will. The majority of foreign -invested enterprises do not need to worry.
