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Battery supplier SK Innovation won't be banned in the US after all
Apr. 6 - South Korean battery firm SK Innovation (SKI) will be able to move ahead with plans for large-scale U.S. battery production, thanks to a favorable decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Reuters first reported last week.
SK Innovation has been locked in a legal battle with rival South Korean battery supplier LG Chem, which sued SK Innovation alleging it had misappropriated LG Chem trade secrets throughout the hiring of former employees in the ramp-up of factories in the U.S. and Hungary.
In February, the ITC voted to effectively ban SK Innovation from the U.S. market for 10 years, although the company would have been allowed to supply batteries for the Ford F-150 Electric pickup truck for four years, and Volkswagen's Tennessee-built electric cars for two years.
SK Innovation currently supplies battery cells for several Kia models—including the Niro EV—but those are sourced from South Korea.
The decision in favor of SK Innovation comes after pressure from Ford and other companies, and it would have been an odd disharmony with the Biden administration's plans for electric vehicles. Those plans emphasize not only large production volumes, but also domestic production of components.
Innovation has said its Georgia factory will, after second phase is completed, be capable of making batteries for 300,000 EVs annually. The company has also said it will create 2,600 jobs in Georgia by 2024, and state lawmakers were concerned about losing those jobs if a ban was upheld, Reuters noted.
While LG Chem, which is investing $4.5 billion in U.S. battery production over the next four years, has said it could fulfill demand if the Georgia factory is scrapped, that would still have likely complicated battery supply for the North American market.
Ford and Volkswagen had already planned to use cells from SK Innovation's Georgia factory in upcoming EVs, including Volkswagen ID.4 crossovers to be built at the automaker's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory beginning in 2022. source from
Apr. 6 - South Korean battery firm SK Innovation (SKI) will be able to move ahead with plans for large-scale U.S. battery production, thanks to a favorable decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Reuters first reported last week.
SK Innovation has been locked in a legal battle with rival South Korean battery supplier LG Chem, which sued SK Innovation alleging it had misappropriated LG Chem trade secrets throughout the hiring of former employees in the ramp-up of factories in the U.S. and Hungary.
In February, the ITC voted to effectively ban SK Innovation from the U.S. market for 10 years, although the company would have been allowed to supply batteries for the Ford F-150 Electric pickup truck for four years, and Volkswagen's Tennessee-built electric cars for two years.
SK Innovation currently supplies battery cells for several Kia models—including the Niro EV—but those are sourced from South Korea.
The decision in favor of SK Innovation comes after pressure from Ford and other companies, and it would have been an odd disharmony with the Biden administration's plans for electric vehicles. Those plans emphasize not only large production volumes, but also domestic production of components.
Innovation has said its Georgia factory will, after second phase is completed, be capable of making batteries for 300,000 EVs annually. The company has also said it will create 2,600 jobs in Georgia by 2024, and state lawmakers were concerned about losing those jobs if a ban was upheld, Reuters noted.
While LG Chem, which is investing $4.5 billion in U.S. battery production over the next four years, has said it could fulfill demand if the Georgia factory is scrapped, that would still have likely complicated battery supply for the North American market.
Ford and Volkswagen had already planned to use cells from SK Innovation's Georgia factory in upcoming EVs, including Volkswagen ID.4 crossovers to be built at the automaker's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory beginning in 2022. source from
The countries and people in Southeast Asia are vastly different, but take a united stand under the ASEAN umbrella
Forecasting Biden’s policy in Southeast Asia
Whether US policy in the region is successful will mainly depend on Southeast Asia and its own interests
Apr. 6 - The day before John F Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961, he met with an outgoing President Eisenhower. According to the Pentagon Papers, “Eisenhower said with considerable emotion that Laos was the key to the entire area of Southeast Asia … that we should make every effort to persuade member nations of SEATO … to defend the freedom of Laos … President-elect Kennedy … asked if the situation seemed to be approaching a climax … Eisenhower stated that the entire proceeding was extremely confused.”
If, two months ago, a similar briefing had been given to a president-elect Biden by an outgoing President Trump, the details 60 years on would have been different, but the tone, tenor and message strikingly similar. The main difference would have been a shift in focus from Laos – and by extension, Indochina – in 1961, to Thailand on the mainland and to the Philippines in maritime Southeast Asia.
That is, a shift from countries six decades ago whose governments the US was propping up, to those today with which it has increasingly uncertain relations. And, of course, two weeks after that recent imaginary briefing, Myanmar would have been added to the list overnight.
The reason for the briefing, however –and for the policy it was intended to inform – would have been nearly identical: an assertive People’s Republic of China with growing influence in Southeast Asia.
The Indo-Pacific Directorate, the largest within the new National Security Council, reflects the importance the Biden administration is placing on the region. It is led by former assistant secretary Kurt Campbell, well known to Southeast Asia, three China directors and up to 17 other officials. continue to read
Forecasting Biden’s policy in Southeast Asia
Whether US policy in the region is successful will mainly depend on Southeast Asia and its own interests
Apr. 6 - The day before John F Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961, he met with an outgoing President Eisenhower. According to the Pentagon Papers, “Eisenhower said with considerable emotion that Laos was the key to the entire area of Southeast Asia … that we should make every effort to persuade member nations of SEATO … to defend the freedom of Laos … President-elect Kennedy … asked if the situation seemed to be approaching a climax … Eisenhower stated that the entire proceeding was extremely confused.”
If, two months ago, a similar briefing had been given to a president-elect Biden by an outgoing President Trump, the details 60 years on would have been different, but the tone, tenor and message strikingly similar. The main difference would have been a shift in focus from Laos – and by extension, Indochina – in 1961, to Thailand on the mainland and to the Philippines in maritime Southeast Asia.
That is, a shift from countries six decades ago whose governments the US was propping up, to those today with which it has increasingly uncertain relations. And, of course, two weeks after that recent imaginary briefing, Myanmar would have been added to the list overnight.
The reason for the briefing, however –and for the policy it was intended to inform – would have been nearly identical: an assertive People’s Republic of China with growing influence in Southeast Asia.
The Indo-Pacific Directorate, the largest within the new National Security Council, reflects the importance the Biden administration is placing on the region. It is led by former assistant secretary Kurt Campbell, well known to Southeast Asia, three China directors and up to 17 other officials. continue to read
An administrative judge of the U.S. ITC has rejected LG Energy Solution’s motion for sanctions against SK Innovation in a patent lawsuit filed by the latter.
ITC Rejects LG Energy Solution’s Motion for Sanctions against SK Innovation in Battery Patent Suit
Date published on Apr. 2, 2021
SK Innovation (SKI) announced on April 2 that an administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has rejected LG Energy Solution (LGES)’s motion for sanctions in a patent lawsuit (case number: 337-1179) filed by SKI against LGES in September 2019.
This lawsuit is separate from the patent infringement suit filed by LGES against SKI, where the ITC ruled on March 31 (local time) that SKI did not infringe LGES's electric vehicle battery patents.
In August 2020, LGES requested the ITC to impose five sanctions against SKI on the ground of “deletion of documents.” Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock, the ITC administrative law judge, however, ruled that the commission rejects the motion because it is without any evidence from LGES other than cursory statement, and the documents are not actually deleted and still exist on SKI’s systems and not relevant to this investigation. more details
ITC Rejects LG Energy Solution’s Motion for Sanctions against SK Innovation in Battery Patent Suit
Date published on Apr. 2, 2021
SK Innovation (SKI) announced on April 2 that an administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has rejected LG Energy Solution (LGES)’s motion for sanctions in a patent lawsuit (case number: 337-1179) filed by SKI against LGES in September 2019.
This lawsuit is separate from the patent infringement suit filed by LGES against SKI, where the ITC ruled on March 31 (local time) that SKI did not infringe LGES's electric vehicle battery patents.
In August 2020, LGES requested the ITC to impose five sanctions against SKI on the ground of “deletion of documents.” Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock, the ITC administrative law judge, however, ruled that the commission rejects the motion because it is without any evidence from LGES other than cursory statement, and the documents are not actually deleted and still exist on SKI’s systems and not relevant to this investigation. more details
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question from the press during a tour of a massive temporary hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center on Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Atlanta.
Kemp renews call for Biden to disapprove trade commission ruling on SK Innovation
Date published on March 15, 2021
(The Center Square) – Gov. Brian Kemp has made a second plea to President Joe Biden to reverse a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling against a Georgia factory in order to secure jobs and the state’s investment in the project.
Kemp sent a letter Friday to Biden, asking the president to overturn the ITC’s February ruling against SK Innovation (SKI). The ruling bans the company from importing battery parts and components for 10 years, with some exceptions.
The Korean company is building an electric vehicle battery plant in Commerce, which Kemp said would employ nearly 2,600 people and represents a nearly $2.6 billion economic investment. Kemp's letter said SKI would shutter the facility if the ITC ruling stood. more
Kemp renews call for Biden to disapprove trade commission ruling on SK Innovation
Date published on March 15, 2021
(The Center Square) – Gov. Brian Kemp has made a second plea to President Joe Biden to reverse a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling against a Georgia factory in order to secure jobs and the state’s investment in the project.
Kemp sent a letter Friday to Biden, asking the president to overturn the ITC’s February ruling against SK Innovation (SKI). The ruling bans the company from importing battery parts and components for 10 years, with some exceptions.
The Korean company is building an electric vehicle battery plant in Commerce, which Kemp said would employ nearly 2,600 people and represents a nearly $2.6 billion economic investment. Kemp's letter said SKI would shutter the facility if the ITC ruling stood. more
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