The United States and its allies prevailed in World War II in large measure because of the strength of American industry and manufacturing. The nation’s economic power, which includes its capacity to innovate, was also indispensable in winning the Cold War. Today, as U.S. competition with China enters a more dangerous phase, American businesses are once again being called to put patriotism ahead of profits.
On Jan. 28, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the House Select Committee on China, sent a sternly worded letter to the Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley. The congressman questioned Ford’s plans to “repurpose its existing U.S. battery manufacturing facilities to produce lithium iron phosphate cells and grid-scale energy storage systems,” which “would leverage technical know-how licensed from Contemporary Amperex
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