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Pentagon to blacklist China’s largest EV battery and tech firms
WaPo via msn ^ | 06 Jan 2025 | Ellen Nakashima, Cate Cadell

Posted on 01/07/2025 12:07:43 AM PST by blueplum

The Pentagon will blacklist China’s largest EV battery manufacturer and its largest tech firm beginning in June 2026, barring them from Defense Department contracts and sending a powerful signal to American firms about the potential risks of doing business with them.

In a notice in the Federal Register on Monday, the Defense Department published a list of firms that it deems to be operating in the United States for, or on behalf of, the Chinese military or that contribute to China’s military buildup....

The “1260H list,” mandated annually by Congress since 2021, now includes CATL, the world’s largest electric-vehicle battery-maker, which supplies Tesla...

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; China; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; ev; tencent; tesla

1 posted on 01/07/2025 12:07:43 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Good. Now the country should just blacklist EVs.

Honestly, if people like them then they will keep selling and sales will grow...without subsidies.

But to steal some words from the great Charlton Heston...

They can pull my Dodge Challenger from “my cold, dead hands”!

If it’s very cold out, they’ll probably be stuck to the steering wheel :)


2 posted on 01/07/2025 12:45:40 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: blueplum

None dare call it treason. But I will!


3 posted on 01/07/2025 12:52:58 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: dp0622

This is the Biden Pentagon. It’s likely bait.


4 posted on 01/07/2025 1:09:16 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: blueplum

They banned Chinese parts on military aircraft but that’s rampant.


5 posted on 01/07/2025 4:14:39 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: blueplum

Quick question though...

Why are they taking so long to ban them? Why not yesterday? Why 2026?


6 posted on 01/07/2025 4:15:33 AM PST by 2a-ok (Let em burn...)
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To: blueplum

Will this blacklist Prickster’s beloved battery factory owned by the Chinese military in Ill-Annoy?


7 posted on 01/07/2025 6:27:40 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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