US Lawmakers Fume Over Ford's China Ties While Ignoring Their Own Globalist History
📰 THE STORY: US lawmakers are reportedly 'angered' by Ford's deepening partnership with Chinese battery giant CATL for its Michigan EV battery plant, citing national security concerns and reliance on Chinese technology. The concern stems from the 'licensing deal' that allows Ford to use CATL's technology. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The U.S. has a long and sordid history
of leveraging 'national security' concerns to protect domestic industries and project economic power. From the 'Yellow Peril' of the late 19th century that restricted Chinese immigration and economic participation, to the Cold War's McCarthyite purges aimed at containing socialist influence, 'national security' has frequently been a convenient cudgel for economic and geopolitical aims. More
recently, the 'America First' rhetoric revived under the Trump administration intensified economic nationalism, leading to tariffs and trade wars, specifically against China, under the guise of protecting American jobs – jobs often offshored by those same corporations now seeking cheap foreign labor or advanced foreign tech. Double Standard: The same lawmakers who express outrage over Ford's
reliance on Chinese battery technology largely remain silent on the extensive reliance of US companies, including defense contractors, on rare earth minerals and components sourced from China. They conveniently ignore decades of US corporate policy that actively outsourced manufacturing to China, creating the very dependency they now decry. Furthermore, the US has provided billions in aid and