Does Blocking China’s Gotion Hurt U.S. Tech Ambitions? | Opinion

China’s Gotion Inc. has abandoned a $2.4 billion flagship factory to make battery parts in Green Charter Township, near Big Rapids, Michigan. Township residents, after a vigorous campaign, forced an exhausted company and weary state government to walk away from the project last year. Did the Green Charter residents, in their successful effort, also set back the United States’ ability to obtain valuable technology from China? Industry experts think that’s a risk, but the U.S. has other ways to obtain the tech. Not everyone is happy with the result in Green Charter Township. The end of Gotion’s plans in Michigan…