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According to data from Atlas Public Policy, a policy research group, more projects were canceled in the first quarter of 2025 than in the previous two years combined. Those cancellations include a $1 billion factory in Georgia that would have made thermal barriers for batteries and a $1.2 billion lithium-ion battery factory in Arizona.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2025/04/04/a-stunning-number-of-electric-vehicle-battery-factories-are-being-canceled/82868200007/

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech. What China did wasn’t a ban, at least not in name. They called it export licensing. Sounds like something a trade lawyer might actually be excited about. But make no mistake: this was a surgical strike. They didn’t need to say no. They just needed to say “maybe later” to the right set of paperwork. These licenses give Beijing control over not just where these materials go, but how fast they go, in what quantity, and to which politically convenient customers.

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech

Trump adviser Navarro dismisses Tesla’s Musk as ‘car assembler’ after tariff comments. Peter Navarro’s remarks are the latest salvo in a growing feud between the Trump advisers.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3305565/trump-adviser-navarro-dismisses-teslas-musk-car-assembler-after-tariff-comments

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