CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried

The world's two superpowers are so intricately linked that it's hard to think of a pillar of the economy that hasn't been strained by tensions between the US and China. And the next frontline in the economic conflict may be the most fundamental yet: a fight for power itself. A Chinese company that most people have never heard of is at the heart of the global race to store the clean energy needed to power the green transition in the US and the rest of the world. China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Limited, or CATL, is an energy storage specialist…