马斯克“捍卫”中国利益打赢第一仗？
编者按：上周四，美国众议院通过一项联邦拨款法案后遭到马斯克的严厉攻击，并威胁说哪个议员投票支持此法案将在两年后席位不保；之后不久，特朗普也发贴说他反对这个拨款法案。这个法案包含各种国会议员为本选区或他们所代表的特殊利益集团的拨款，其中也包括关于限制在中国投资的条款。为避免联邦政府打烊，众议院只好挑灯夜战，又拿出新的法案。最后通过的法案不包括限制在中国投资的条款。美国康涅狄格州众议员罗莎·德劳罗（Rosa DeLauro）在众议院辩论这一法案期间致信国会领导人说，马斯克为了保护自己的利益和中国的利益，“不惜牺牲美国工人、创新者和企业的利益，出手干预避免美国政府停摆的支出法案。”本站转发两篇文章，中文文章来自德国之声网站，英文文章来自CNBC。
德国之声：成功捍卫北京利益，马斯克打赢硬仗
美国民主党众议员德劳罗指控马斯克强烈反对初版支出法案，是因为其中包含限制美国对华投资条款。在最终得到国会通过的版本中，共和党议员删除了这一条款。
美国众议院拨款委员会的最高级别民主党议员周五（12月20日）表示，国会中的共和党议员通过“删除支出法案中限制美国对华投资的条款”来保护马斯克在中国的投资利益。
众议员罗莎·德劳罗（Rosa DeLauro）周五致信国会领导人说，马斯克为了保护自己的利益和中国共产党的统治，不惜牺牲美国工人、创新者和企业的利益，出手干预避免美国政府停摆的支出法案。
这项法案的最初版本包含了一项得到两党支持的条款，该条款涉及限制和审查美国对华投资。
德劳罗：马斯克与中国有千丝万缕的商业联系
马斯克作为特斯拉首席执行官和最大股东，与中国有着千丝万缕的商业联系。特斯拉在上海运营着一个大型制造工厂，并寻求与中国企业建立更深层次的合作关系。
德劳罗引用特斯拉在中国的运营资讯，认为马斯克反对法案是因为其中包含对华投资限制条款。她还提到，包括自动驾驶汽车和长效电池等技术在内的关键问题都可能涉及中国制造。
“近年来，马斯克在中国的投资不断增加，他与中国共产党的联系日渐加深。特斯拉在上海的工厂大约生产了特斯拉全球汽车产量的50%，”德劳罗写道。
美国众议员德劳罗指控马斯克为了保护自己的利益和中国共产党的统治，不惜牺牲美国工人、创新者和企业的利益。图为2019年1月马斯克在特斯拉上海工厂出席活动。图像来源: Aly Song/File Photo/REUTERS
德劳罗指出，2023年，特斯拉全球收入的近四分之一来自上海工厂生产的中国制造汽车的销售额。她还提到，特斯拉在中国投资建设了一座耗资2亿美元的工厂，用于制造电动车供应链中至关重要的大型电池。
她说，支持对美国对华投资进行监管的倡议者提议将大型电池制造纳入对外投资审查的技术清单中。
马斯克：德劳罗“应该被逐出国会”
“令人极为担忧的是，在一位未经选举授权的亿万富翁的推动下，众议院共和党领导层放弃了两党和两院协商后达成一致的法案，而该法案中包含了这项关键条款，旨在保护美国的就业市场和关键能力，”德劳罗写道。
她说：“考虑到埃隆·马斯克在中国关键领域的广泛投资，以及他与中国共产党领导层的个人联系，这尤其令人担忧。这让人对马斯克反对支出法案初步协议的真实动机产生疑问。”
特斯拉公司尚未对此指控作出评论。马斯克在其社交媒体平台X上发布了多条批评德劳罗的帖子，其中一条称她“应该被逐出国会”。
修正方案：删除对华投资限制条款
当选总统川普任命亿万富翁马斯克为削减政府成本项目的联合负责人。
在他拥有的社交媒体平台X上，马斯克猛烈抨击两党达成的支出法案初步协议。马斯克提到了法案中的许多问题——主要包括其高成本、时间长度以及包含议员加薪的条款——但他没有提到有关对华投资限制的条款。
今年10月，美国财政部出台一项将于明年1月2日生效的规定，限制美国在中国人工智能及其他可能威胁国家安全的技术领域的投资。
周五，德劳罗在众议院议事厅表示，将继续为相关条款而战。“为了保护我们的供应链和关键能力，这是必须完成的事情。”她说，马斯克“威胁共和党议员，让他们违背自己的承诺”。
周六，该项法案的修正版获得美国国会通过。在最终方案中，共和党议员删除有关对华投资限制的条款。
马斯克在他拥有的社交媒体平台X上表示，他对修正后的法案感到满意，称它得到了大大的精简。
CNBC：House Democrats say GOP caved to Musk in funding bill, protecting his China interests
- House Democrats Jim McGovern and Rosa DeLauro accused Republican colleagues of bending to Elon Musk’s demands in sinking a bipartisan funding bill.
- Congress passed a stopgap funding bill instead on Saturday, but discarded a provision to screen and regulate U.S. investments in China.
- The scrapped provision “would have made it easier to keep cutting-edge AI and quantum computing tech — as well as jobs — in America,” McGovern wrote on X.
House Democrats Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut say their Republican colleagues in Congress caved to the demands of Elon Musk, sinking a bipartisan government funding bill that would have regulated U.S. investments in China.
Congress passed a separate stopgap funding bill over the weekend, averting a government shutdown.
In a series of posts on X, McGovern said more could have been accomplished. The scrapped provision “would have made it easier to keep cutting-edge AI and quantum computing tech — as well as jobs — in America,” he wrote. “But Elon had a problem.”
Tesla, run by Musk, is the only foreign automaker to operate a factory in China without a local joint venture. Tesla also built a battery plant down the street from its Shanghai car factory this year, and aims to develop and sell self-driving vehicle technology in China.
“His bottom line depends on staying in China’s good graces,” McGovern wrote about Musk. “He wants to build an AI data center there too — which could endanger U.S. security. He’s been bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with Chinese leaders.”
SpaceX, Musk’s aerospace and defense contractor, has reportedly withheld its Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan at the request of Chinese and Russian leaders. Taiwan is a self-ruling democracy that Beijing claims as its territory. Taiwan’s status is one of the biggest flashpoints in U.S.-China relations.
DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, wrote in a letter to Congress on Friday that Musk needs “Chinese government approvals for his company’s projects in the country.” It’s concerning, that Musk “has ingratiated himself with Chinese Communist Party leadership,” she wrote.
In the letter, DeLauro referred to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO as “President” Musk, alluding to the fact that the world’s richest person began railing against the prior funding bill on Wednesday, before President-elect Donald Trump came out with a statement of his own.
Trump had wanted the GOP to sink the bill, and issue a new one that would raise the debt ceiling so he could avoid that fight during the start of his second term in office. The stopgap funding bill, which President Joe Biden signed on Saturday, did not include the two-year suspension of the U.S. debt limit that Trump was seeking.
Musk responded to DeLauro’s concerns by calling her an “awful creature” in a post on X.
After acquiring Twitter in 2022, Musk rebranded it X and used it to help propel Trump back into the White House, becoming a close adviser and major backer to the incoming president along the way.
Musk contributed $277 million to the Trump campaign and other Republican causes during the 2024 cycle, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Since the election in November, Musk has become a nearly constant presence at Trump’s side, including in meetings with foreign leaders.
Trump appointed Musk to co-lead a group that’s not yet formed, but will be tasked with finding ways to cut regulations, personnel and budgets.
