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. 
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].
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.
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. 
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews reacts during a press conference at the Carrum Train Station construction site in Carrum, Melbourne, in January
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.
CRRC was launched in 2015 and employs about 180,000 workers at more than 40 subsidiaries.

The company made more than $44billion in 2018.
The train program is more than 18 months behind schedule. CRRC was chosen ahead of local manufacturers. 
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Mr Andrews maintains Victoria's Belt and Road deal, along with many others the state has with China, is 'all about jobs'.
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.
The leader stressed that doesn't mean he is turning a blind eye to China's human rights record.
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
'We don't agree with China on everything,' Mr Andrews told reporters in June.
'But if you want a good trading relationship, if you want to send more Victorian-made product to China, to create jobs here in Victoria, kynghidongduong.vn then a good relationship on the things you can agree on is very, very important.'
CRRC has built trains for Boston, Chicago and tử cấm thành bắc kinh Los Angeles but faces increased scrutiny in the US.
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.
Those on the list could face emergency economic powers and sanctions by the US president. 
Mr Andrews is pictured with Chinese Ambassador Cheng Jingye
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