Ford Motor Co. faces a potential congressional subpoena after repeatedly defying House committee chairs’ probes of the company’s deal with a Chinese battery maker. The $3.5 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Michigan licenses technology from China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), whose chairman serves on the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory body to the communist regime, and gets advice from communist leader Xi Jinping. On Monday, Ford announced pausing the EV battery project, citing commercial competitiveness considerations. Between April and September, the chairs of three House committees—Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce—sent joint and separate requests to Ford’s CEO James Farley, asking for a copy of the licensing agreement and all of Ford’s communications with the Biden administration on the deal’s eligibility for tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ford-faces-potential-subpoena-over-its-chinese-partnership-as-congress-dials-up-pressure-5499560