Korean battery firms set to announce deal to resolve U.S. trade dispute -sources
Korean battery firms set to announce deal to resolve U.S. trade dispute -sources
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - Korean battery makers LG Chem and rival SK Innovation Co are expected to announce a settlement on Saturday in a trade secrets dispute that has threatened a key Georgia plant and the electric vehicle plans of Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG , three sources briefed on the matter said.
The Biden Administration faces a Sunday night deadline on whether to take the rare step of reversing a U.S. International Trade Commission decision. The ITC in February sided with LG Chem in its trade secrets claims, but allowed SK to import components for batteries for Ford's EV F-150 program for four years, and Volkswagen's North American EVs for two years. SK vowed to walk away from its $2.6 billion Georgia battery plant under construction if the ITC decision was not overturned.
(Reporting by David Shepardson and Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by
Daniel Wallis)
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路透华盛顿4月10日电-三位知情人士称,韩国电池制造商LG Chem和竞争对手SK Innovation Co预计将于周六宣布就一场商业秘密纠纷达成和解,这场纠纷威胁到佐治亚州的一家关键工厂以及福特汽车(Ford Motor Co)和大众汽车(Volkswagen AG)的电动汽车计划.拜登政府面临周日晚间的最后期限,即是否采取罕见的举措,推翻美国国际贸易委员会(U.S.International Trade Commission)的一项决定。今年2月,ITC在其商业秘密指控中站在LG化学一边,但允许SK为福特(Ford)的电动汽车F-150项目进口电池零部件四年,允许大众汽车(Volkswagen)北美电动汽车进口两年。SK誓言,如果ITC的决定不被推翻,它将退出其耗资26亿美元的佐治亚州在建电池工厂。(David Shepardson和Hyunjoo jin报道;编辑者:丹尼尔·沃利斯(Daniel Wallis)(David.Shepardson@thomsonreurs.com;2028988324;)
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