US designates BYD as a Chinese military company

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The US Department of War has designated China’s new energy vehicle maker BYD (Build Your Dreams) as a Chinese military company. “BYD is a military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defense industrial base because it is affiliated with MIIT and because it resides in or is affiliated with a military-civil fusion enterprise zone,” according to a statement released by Pentagon. In 2023, India had rejected BYD’s $1 billion investment proposal of setting up a manufacturing plant under Press Note 3, which required companies belonging to countries that share land border with India to seek a prior government approval to make…

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