Lawmakers Call Out US Banks for Backing Blacklisted Chinese Battery Maker
Lawmakers with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party on May 20 criticized American banks for backing a blacklisted Chinese battery maker, suggesting legislation was needed to explicitly prohibit this.
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