
Biden admin defends handing lucrative grant to energy firm with deep China ties
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The Department of Energy defended a recent decision to help fund a battery factory for a company that has generated the vast majority of its revenue from China.
However, 69% of Microvast's revenue was generated in China and just 3% came from the U.S., according to a third quarter financial disclosure it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month. In the same filing, the company acknowledged that the Chinese government "exerts substantial influence" over its business activities and "may intervene at any time and with no notice." Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"Microvast is an American battery company," a DOE spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement. "And thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it no longer needs to look to China to establish its manufacturing facilities. The President’s historic agenda is helping to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S."