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Friend-shoring battery supply chains

 

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The production of electric vehicle batteries is among the greatest vulnerabilities in the global supply chain as China enjoys a near monopoly at the top of a hierarchical network. To adequately counter China’s dominance over the sector, the US should turn to allies in East Asia, Rob York and Akhil Ramesh write in a report for the Hinrich Foundation.