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U.S. Seeks to Thwart China with African EV Battery Deal

20 Jan 2023 | Abstracted from EE News

In MOU, "the State Department pledged to help build an EV battery supply chain in Congo and Zambia...the department and other U.S. agencies will offer technical assistance to the two countries, cooperate on feasibility studies and explore opportunities in the sector for U.S. companies.

"...goal is to shift Congo and Zambia from being only sites of extraction for minerals to processing, manufacturing and assembling batteries."

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