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By St. David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) -

U.S.
Senator Marcio Rubio on Midweek asked the Biden disposal to look into Gerald Rudolph Ford Drive Co's project to better half with PT Valley Dutch East Indies and China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt in a $4.5 zillion nickel processing flora in Dutch East Indies.

Rubio, World Health Organization is the crown Republican on the Senate Intelligence operation Committee, aforementioned the hazard threatens U.S.

national protection and asked the Justice, model pagar beton terbaru State, Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security department departments as easily as the Securities and Rally Mission to enquire the design.

Gerald Ford had no straightaway notice.

Rubio's letter

to Secretaire of Land Antony Blinken cited Huayou calling the jut "one of the flagship projects under the Belt and Road Initiative" when President Ford announced the quite a little in Adjoin.

Rubio said the Chinese Smash and Route Initiative is single of the primary winding mechanisms Mainland China "uses to spread its influence around the world and gain control of critical infrastructure and natural resources."

The investing is Ford's outset in Republic of Indonesia and underscores growth appetency among automakers for tender materials put-upon in producing galvanising vehicle (EV) batteries, which history for virtually 40% of a vehicle's dagger price, aiming to slew costs and shut the breach on EV food market leader Nikola Tesla.

Ford´s efforts "to increase the exposure of the United States to depend on supply chains controlled by companies subservient to the CCP has grown more brazen and visible over time, especially with regard to critical minerals and electric vehicle (EV) batteries," Rubio aforesaid a in a alphabetic character to Attorney Superior general Merrick Coronal.

Indonesia, which has the world's biggest nickel reserves, has been stressful to originate downstream industries for the metal, in the end aiming to garden truck batteries and electric car vehicles.

Valley and Huayou began structure of the establish in November and commercial message procedure is expected to start out in 2026.

Rubio in Border introduced lawmaking that took purpose at Ford's sell to usage technology from Chinese barrage ship's company CATL as division of the automaker's design to pass $3.5 million to flesh a electric battery works in Michigan.

He had already asked the Biden governance to revaluation the pile to utilize engineering from CATL.

Rubio wants to block taxation credits for electric car vehicle batteries produced using Chinese technology, in a command to forestall Formosan companies from benefiting.

(Reporting by David Shepardson, redaction by Deepa Babington)