In letters to the Department of Homeland Security, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on Competition between the U.S. and the CCP and several Republican colleagues called for Chinese battery manufacturers Gotion and CATL to be put on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity

A proposed deal in which Ford would use technology from China-based EV battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) to build a Michigan battery factory has come under additional Congressional scrutiny.

Yesterday, news reports indicated that Ford Motor Co. would temporarily halt construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant project in Michigan that would see Ford rely on technology from Chinese company CATL.

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.

Last week, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party met with the CEOs of Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. and leading automotive suppliers in Detroit, Michigan, with a goal of figuring "how Congress can help

Last week, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on "The U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party."

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