Ralls Corporation, a company registered in the U.S. and controlled by directors of an arm of Chinese engineering giant Sany, sued Obama in a U.S. court this month for signing a September 28 order to block the project in Oregon.
Chinese commerce ministry is 'highly concerned' about U.S. rejection of the Butter Creek project, hopes for fair treatment in the Ralls Corp. suit.
China on Friday said it hoped the United States would "fairly" handle a lawsuit filed by a Chinese-led company against President Barack Obama over a blocked wind farm project.
Ralls Corporation, a company registered in the U.S. and controlled by directors of an arm of Chinese engineering giant Sany, sued Obama in a U.S. court this month for signing a September 28 order to block the project in Oregon.
It has also sued the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIU.S.) for barring the multi-million dollar investment over what Obama described as national security concerns.
Chinese commerce ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said China was "highly concerned" about the U.S. rejection of the Butter Creek project.
"This is not the first time that the U.S. government [has rejected] investment by affiliated companies of Chinese enterprises under the pretext of national security," he told reporters at a briefing.
"China will closely follow the progress of the matter... We hope U.S. justice authorities will handle the lawsuit launched by Ralls in a just, fair and open way," he said.
