Editing A Chinese Company Which Was Banned In The US Over Security Fears And Tied To The Nation s Belt And Road Initiative Will Build

A Chinese company which was banned in the US over security fears and tied to the nation's Belt and Road Initiative will build [/news/melbourne/index.html Melbourne]'s new trains. <br>CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles won the bid to build 65 new high-capacity metro trains in 2016, just a week before Premier Daniel Andrews travelled to [/news/china/index.html China].<br>Mr Andrews then went on to strike a deal with the communist country under the Belt and Road Initiative, which allows China to invest in huge infrastructure projects around the world.<br>Manufacturing company CRRC has been identified as a potential cyber-security threat by the US Defence Department because of its involvement in critical infrastructure, [ ] reported. <br>         Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews reacts during a press conference at the Carrum Train Station construction site in Carrum, Melbourne, in January<br>A report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in March also found the manufacturer is one of 82 companies benefiting from the use of Uighur workers.<br>CRRC was launched in 2015 and employs about 180,000 [http://thesaurus.com/browse/workers workers] at more than 40 subsidiaries.<br><br>The company made more than $44billion in 2018.<br>The train program is more than 18 months behind schedule. CRRC was chosen ahead of local manufacturers. <br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-8665165/Victorias-controversial-Belt-Road-deal-China-SCRAPPED.html  Huge blow for Daniel Andrews as PM moves to SCRAP Victoria's...] [/news/article-8351799/US-disconnect-Australia-China-Victoria-deal.html  The United States threatens to CUT OFF Australia after...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>Mr Andrews maintains Victoria's Belt and Road deal, along with many others the state has with China, is 'all about jobs'.<br>Chinese companies which have been investing in Victorian projects such as the Metro Tunnel have been employing tens of thousands of local workers, he said.<br>The leader stressed that doesn't mean he is turning a blind eye to China's human rights record.<br>         Daniel Andrews (pictured in China's Tiananmen Square) signed a deal with China under the country's controversial Belt and Road Initiative in October 2018<br>'We don't agree with China on everything,' Mr Andrews told reporters in June.<br>'But if you want a good trading relationship, if you want to send more Victorian-made product to China,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành] to create jobs here in Victoria,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html kynghidongduong.vn] then a good relationship on the things you can agree on is very, very important.'<br>CRRC has built trains for Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles but faces increased scrutiny in the US.<br>The manufacturer was identified on a list of Chinese companies working in the US with close links to the Chinese government created by the US Defence Department.<br>Those on the list could face emergency economic powers and sanctions by the US president. <br>         Mr Andrews is pictured with Chinese Ambassador  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành bắc kinh] Cheng Jingye<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news" data-version="2" id="mol-ce1004f0-06ac-11eb-affa-c35516c63099" website company blacklisted by US will build Melbourne&apos;s new trains