Sany accuses Obama of discriminating Chinese firms
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Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd., China's biggest machinery maker, accused U.S. President Barack Obama's administration of unfairly treating Chinese companies at a press conference on Thursday.
Sany is the first Chinese firm to use the law to settle a trade dispute with the U.S., which sets an example to other companies, said the Changsha-based company.
On September 28, Obama blocked Ralls Corp., an affiliate to Sany, from building four wind farms near a navy base in northern Oregon, after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States concluded it posed security risks.
It was the first time that a U.S. president stepped in to block such a foreign business deal since 1990, when President George H.W. Bush disrupt the sale of a manufacturer to a Chinese agency.
Company bosses denied that the project posed security risks and said the U.S. was discriminating against the firm because it was Chinese. They filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government last month, and added Mr. Obama's name as a defendant earlier this month.
"Sany has never done and will never do anything that threatens the national security of the United States," said Wu jianliang, CEO of Ralls Corp. and vice president of Sany, told the press conference.
"Washington blocked the projects without giving any facts in evidence," he said.
"We are confident in the U.S. legal system, which will let us win the suit," Wu added.
"Sany just made a normal investment in the United States under federal law, without posing any security threats," said Xiang Wenbo, president of Sany, "We are forced to sue Obama to protect our rights.”
Sany is not alone in battling against the discrimination from the U.S. who accused two leading Chinese telecom firms, Huawei Technologies and ZTE, of posing a security threat. The two firms immediately denied the allegations.
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