Georgia helps save Chinese electric buses from the Trump trade war

Published August 16, 2018 4:20pm ET



China’s state-run press had rare reason to celebrate recently, as a trade war continues to with the United States. While President Trump has nailed their aluminum and steel industry to the wall with his tariffs, the Chinese electric bus industry has been doing just fine.

The Xinhua News Agency celebrated a big purchase of zero-emission buses from the Chinese electric automaker Build Your Dreams on Monday. Their new customer? The state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta.

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