Expanded Shanghai Free Trade Zone Will Include Tesla Gigafactory 3
In response to the ongoing trade war with the US, China has decided to double the size of the Free Trade Zone south of Shanghai to attract more foreign investment.
In response to the ongoing trade war with the US, China has decided to double the size of the Free Trade Zone south of Shanghai to attract more foreign investment.
Electric cars use cobalt and rare earth metals. The Chinese are hording them and may refuse to sell them to the US. Therefore we the US should immediately ban the sale of electric cars in the name of national security? Got all that?
Welcome to the next issue of China x Cleantech, our December 2018 edition. The year has closed, but let us review the final interesting cleantech developments from China last year.
Tesla has applied for an exemption from the tariffs imposed by the Trump maladministration on the computer that is the “brain” of the Model 3, saying it cannot find another supplier without adding significantly to its costs and delaying production.
One thing Trump clearly does not understand is that trade wars are won by cutting off the competition from its suppliers and customers. This means isolating the enemy. It implies building alliances and cutting the enemy off from its friends. This is something that probably cannot be done by an isolationist country.
When I wrote “Trump Is Already Losing The Trade War,” last March, I did not envision things going quite this badly for him quite this fast. Here it is just six months later, and I think it is possible to predict that Trump’s America can only suffer increasing losses as the catastrophe goes on.
The United States imposed an additional 25% tariff on imported Chinese solar cells and modules last week in America’s steadily escalating trade war with one of the world’s most dominant economies and international powers.
Actions have consequences. Donald Trump has initiated a full-scale trade war with China. Has he considered what the consequences may be for American companies like Tesla and GM?
By Tony Clifford, CEO of Standard Solar A friend of mine recently asked me for my thoughts on what the solar industry would look like in five years. My first inclination was to say, “It depends.” But the dark circles under his eyes, furrows in his brow, and wringing of hands … [continued]
Recent uncertainty over whether the United States would impose strict tariffs on Chinese and Taiwanese solar imports has had a dramatic impact on at least two Taiwanese companies, which both reported poor December revenues this week. PV producer Motech Industries and Taiwan’s largest solar wafer manufacturer, Green Energy Technology (GET), both reported … [continued]