A Michigan township killed a $2.4 billion Chinese battery plant, and now the company might bankrupt it

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A Michigan township of 3,000 people is being sued for hundreds of millions of dollars after it killed a $2.36 billion Chinese battery plant. The Gotion case has become a test of whether America can build its way to supply-chain independence when communities keep rejecting the factories.

Less than three years ago, residents of Green Charter Township, a rural community of roughly 3,000 people in central Michigan, packed a hall to celebrate what they saw as a victory for local democracy. They had recalled every member of their town board and installed replacements who promptly killed a $2.36 billion electric vehicle battery plant proposed by Gotion, a US subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer Gotion High-Tech.

The victory may cost them their town. Gotion is now suing Green Charter for hundreds of millions of dollarsin damages, and the township has already run a budget deficit of nearly $400,000 from...

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