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Tesla wants to pursue a deal similar to one that Ford Motor Co. announced in February with CATL to construct a plant wholly owned by the US automaker

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	Tesla Inc.&rsquo;s Elon Musk has started the second day of his trip to China, having opened his first visit since before the pandemic by emphasizing the importance of maintaining ties with the nation.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div>
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	Musk arrived Tuesday in Beijing, where he met Foreign Minister Qin Gang, and is also expected to visit Tesla&rsquo;s Shanghai factory during the trip. In his meeting with Qin, Musk said the interests of China and the US are intertwined, according to a government statement. The release cited him saying that Tesla opposes decoupling from China and is willing to keep expanding in the country.</div>
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	The remarks are reminiscent of Mercedes-Benz Group AG&rsquo;s Ola K&auml;llenius telling the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag last month that unbundling from China is &ldquo;an illusion,&rdquo; and Apple Inc.&rsquo;s Tim Cook emphasizing the symbiotic nature of the iPhone maker&rsquo;s relationship with the country during a visit in March. Just last week, General Motors Co.&rsquo;s Mary Barra said China remains a key market for the company and that she was looking forward to continuing to develop clean cars with local partners.</div>
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	The comments run counter to efforts by leaders including US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to gain a geopolitical upper hand over Chinese President Xi Jinping by exerting greater influence over the trade of key components, including electric-car batteries and semiconductors. The US and Germany have offered state support for local manufacturing to help de-risk supply chains and wean the auto industry off its heavy reliance on China for EV components.</div>
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	The billionaire also met with the CEO of battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Yuqun Zeng on Tuesday, according to ArenaEV. A picture of him with Zeng walking through what looks like a hotel lobby was circulating on social media. CATL declined to comment.</div>
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		Photo online of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24TSLA&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$TSLA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> walking with founder of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a> battery maker <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CATL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CATL</a> in what looks like hotel lobby reported by official The Paper. Mulls two may cooperate on new megapack battery plant for <a href="https://twitter.com/Tesla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Tesla</a> in Shanghai, joint factory in North America. <a href="https://t.co/D6RBid4OCu">https://t.co/D6RBid4OCu</a> <a href="https://t.co/FA6sIFNOSo">pic.twitter.com/FA6sIFNOSo</a></p>
	&mdash; Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) <a href="https://twitter.com/onlyyoontv/status/1663727789680504832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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	Bloomberg has previously reported Tesla is looking to build a battery plant in the US with CATL.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	Tesla wants to pursue a deal similar to one that Ford Motor Co. announced in February with CATL to construct a plant wholly owned by the US automaker. Ford&rsquo;s deal has provoked ire from lawmakers including Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who argue that it allows the Chinese company to benefit from US subsidies.</div>
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	Musk is expected visit Tesla&rsquo;s Shanghai factory, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday, asking not to be identified because the information is private. He will potentially meet Premier Li Qiang to discuss automated-driving technology that Tesla is seeking to introduce in China, one of the people said.</div>
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	Musk and Li, who used to be the party secretary for Shanghai have met several times before. The city of Shanghai was instrumental in helping Musk set up Tesla&rsquo;s factory there, with the facility built at a super fast pace from its groundbreaking in early 2019 to starting to deliver cars by December of that year.</div>
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	The construction of Tesla&rsquo;s factory in China&rsquo;s financial heart was regarded as one of the most significant developments in the Shanghai business landscape during Li&rsquo;s tenure.&nbsp;</div>
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	As then-Shanghai party chief, Li met Musk at a signing ceremony in 2018 committing to the build, which saw Tesla become the first foreign automaker to enter China without a local partner. Li was also at the groundbreaking ceremony in January 2019, and again at a ceremony to mark the first deliveries of China-made Model 3s.</div>
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	Tesla has enjoyed significant support from the Shanghai authorities, from access to cheap land to expedited planning approvals. City officials even provided the EV maker with hard-to-find masks and protective equipment at the start of the pandemic. During the most recent lockdown, authorities helped Tesla secure an old military camp to house workers so it could restart production under a closed-loop system.</div>
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	Tesla&rsquo;s Shanghai plant accounted for more than half its global production in 2022, and the facility can now produce as many as 1.1 million cars a year. In return, the US automaker contributed almost one-quarter of Shanghai&rsquo;s total automotive production value last year, and local authorities pledged earlier this month to continue to boost ties with the company through autonomous driving and robot modules.</div>
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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shanghai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Shanghai</a> will further deepen cooperation with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tesla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tesla</a>, pushing its layout on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/autonomous?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#autonomous</a> driving, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/robots?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#robots</a> and other business sectors in the city, said an official from the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization. <a href="https://t.co/1xmnD7Oco5">pic.twitter.com/1xmnD7Oco5</a></p>
	&mdash; Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1657035755447803905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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	On Tuesday, China&rsquo;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs extended a welcome to Musk.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;China welcomes Mr. Musk and other leaders from the business community to have a better understanding of China and promote mutually beneficial cooperation,&rdquo; spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a media briefing in Beijing.</div>
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	But the relationship hasn&rsquo;t always been easy. After a red-carpet welcome to China, Tesla has weathered growing public resentment at times tensions between Washington and Beijing are running high.</div>
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	Angry Tesla owners swarmed showrooms in China in January to complain about missing out on a round of price cuts. Tesla cars also were banned from Chinese military complexes and housing compounds in early 2021 over concerns about sensitive data being collected by cameras built into the vehicles.</div>
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	And an expansion of the Shanghai plant was delayed, people familiar with the matter said in January, over other data concerns, in particular around a US company with connections to Musk&rsquo;s internet-from-space initiative Starlink having such a large presence in Asia&rsquo;s biggest economy.</div>

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