A Chinese company's investment in a battery-making facility in the state of Illinois has just been announced, even as a similar investment in Michigan continues to generate controversy.

Key members of Congress continue to push automaker Ford on an agreement it reached with Chinese company Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) to work together on a Michigan battery factory.

At the April 3 and 4, 2023 meeting of the WTO Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes have now been circulated, a number of issues were raised by China in relation to other Members (including the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and semiconductor subsidies/export controls), and

Tesla CEO Elon Musk just finished a high-profile trip to China amidst fraught U.S.-China relations. Here is a run-down of the people he met and the issues he discussed over his three-day visit.

Chinese battery company Putailai New Energy Technology (PTL) announced that it will build a facility in Sweden to be part of the battery production supply chain in the region.

Chinese electric car giant BYD is investing US$290 million to build a lithium cathode factory in Chile, after securing raw materials at a discount from local suppliers.

In a letter sent earlier this week, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) raised several questions with Ford CEO Jim Farley about the company's partnership with a Chinese company, and warned that as a result of the automaker’s use of electric vehicle tax credits