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Tesla Sharing Technology With China Is ‘Subject to Negotiation’
- Chinese firms encouraged to borrow technology from partners
- Shanghai will help Tesla complete plant as soon as possible
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Any sharing of technology by Tesla Inc. with a Chinese partner as part of its expansion in the world’s largest electric-car market is a matter that’s “subject to negotiation,” a Shanghai government official said.
“For technology transfer, it is a matter subject to negotiation between the enterprises,” Huang Ou, deputy head of the Shanghai government’s economy and information technology commission, said Wednesday at a briefing in the city. Ou was responding to a question on whether Tesla would transfer its technology to China after signing a preliminary agreement with the Shanghai government to build a plant in the city.