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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Confirmed

“Ford Motor Co. on Monday is expected to detail a multibillion-dollar investment [b]with a Chinese company[/b] to build an electric-vehicle battery plant on a site in mid-Michigan, The Detroit News has confirmed.”

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/02/10/ford-battery-plant-marshall-with-chinese-partner-contemporary-amperex-technology/69892060007/[/quote]

At least they are explicit about "with a Chinese company" - some of the posters here seem to want to gloss right over that fact.  Michigan is welcome to it.[/quote]

We, the US, reap all the benefits of said Chinese factory, save for whatever profits they send home.  And in the event that China ramps up hostility toward the US, that facility becomes a US facility and we cancel all US obligations held by China.[/quote]

And meanwhile, China retains [b]ALL [/b]the technology used to make these batteries.  But sure, win/win, amirite?   :roll:  What good will that facility do us in the event of a war with China?  We still wouldn't have access to the needed technology.  Why can't you grasp this?[/quote]

In that eventuality, has China already developed a way to wipe clean the memories of all the AMERICANS who will be working at that plant? If so, that is news to me.
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You can't be this stupid...[/quote]

You clearly have never been inside a plant. I don't even know what hour ridiculous comment means. It's not a black box. If something is built in the U.S then the technology will be in the U.S. The ownership issues with China apply under normal conditions when intellectual property ownership is upheld. In a time of war, you had better believe that this plant will be ours. 
Haven't you noticed that even though major companies have left Russia, some of those facilities are still running. Sure they don't have the official logo on them, but Russia is still making those items. The only thing that might choke them off is running out of raw materials, something I hope the U.S. is considering.[/quote]

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