Bynden government Increase tariffs In less than a month, the United States Republican lawmakers used Xinjiang forced labor to work.For the reason, the two new energy vehicle lithium battery manufacturers of China are proposed to include them in the entity list.
Scholars of interviewees believe that the presidential election of the United States is approaching, and China has once again become a target for American politicians. For China's new energy industry is part of the overall strategy of the United States to China, both parties are scrambling to emphasize a strong stance against China to stand for the strong stance of China, so as to use it in order to have a strong stance in China.Win the support of voters.
According to the website of the Special Commission of the Strategic Competition of the United States and the Chinese Government, five Republicans including the Commission's chairman Mullenell jointly sent a letter to the Ministry of Land and Safety on Wednesday (June 5), requiring the Chinese battery manufacturer Guoxuan Hi -TechAnd Ningde Times is included in the entity list and prohibits their products from entering the United States.
In the letter, the material suppliers and manufacturing process of the two companies are related to the forced labor of Xinjiang, which violates the prevention of Uighur labor laws.
The decree signed by the US President Biden requires American companies to provide evidence that these products have no connection with the forced labor when importing Xinjiang products.There are currently 65 Chinese institutions that have been included in the blacklist.Beijing has denied allegations about the existence of forced labor in Xinjiang.
Ningde Times is the world's largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, with a market share of more than one-third.After the above news came out, the company's stock price dived after the opening on Friday, and the decline exceeded 8%.
Faced with allegations, Ningde Times Friday (June 7) was issued late Statement , And completely false; the supplier information cited in the US member letter is "inaccurate and misleading."
Statement said: "The business relations reported in the Ningde Times and the letter in the letter have long been terminated. The business relationship with other suppliers is established with different subsidiaries.It has nothing to do with behavior.
Guoxuan Hi -Tech said in the inquiry of Lianhe Zaobao that Guoxuan Hi -Tech's choice of partners is based on a strict review mechanism and evaluation standards. Any allegations about compulsory labor are "no basis and absolutely wrong."
The United States announced in mid -May that tariffs will be imposed on US $ 18 billion (about S $ 24.3 billion) imports from China, of which the tariffs for electric vehicles have increased the largest, from 25%to 100%.
Gu Qingyang, an associate professor of the School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore, pointed out in an interview that, like the year of the previous American election, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party will scramble to take a tough position on the Chinese issue to win more voters' supportEssence
He said that limiting the rise of China's high -tech is a minority area that the US Democratic Party and the Republican Party can reach consensus; in the past few months, the United States has been hype over excessive industrial capacity in China in the past few months.Met the spear head to this field to show the interests of the United States.
Fu Fangjian, an associate professor of Li Guangqian Business School of Singapore Management University, pointed out in an interview that Republican lawmakers proposed to sanction Chinese battery manufacturers in the name of forced labor.
He said: "The subject of human rights has always been a subject that the Democratic Party is concerned.
After the Bayeng government announced a 100%tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, Republican presidential candidates and former President Trump said that if he can be elected, it will impose 200%tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles manufactured in Mexico.Fu Fangjian described that the two parties seemed to be "drag racing with each other" in this subject, but China's electric vehicle's share in the US market is extremely low. These measures have a very limited blow to China. "It is just a propaganda machine for elections."
