Advisor to the CEO at CATL, Matthias Zentgraf, reacts during a media tour at CATL's battery cell plant in Debrecen, Hungary, on October 1, 2026. Trial operations and pre-production tests are underway on the plant's first two production lines, which are expected to supply electric-vehicle batteries to European automakers. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

Daniel Kryger works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

CATL Debrecen executive manager Qin Liang reacts during a media tour at CATL's battery cell plant in Debrecen, Hungary, on October 1, 2026. Trial operations and pre-production tests are underway on the plant's first two production lines, which are expected to supply electric-vehicle batteries to European automakers. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

CATL Debrecen executive manager Qin Liang reacts during a media tour at CATL's battery cell plant in Debrecen, Hungary, on October 1, 2026. Trial operations and pre-production tests are underway on the plant's first two production lines, which are expected to supply electric-vehicle batteries to European automakers. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

A commercial ship arrives to dock near Trincomalee port off Sri Lanka's coast on October 1, 2026. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

CATL Debrecen executive manager Qin Liang reacts during a media tour at CATL's battery cell plant in Debrecen, Hungary, on October 1, 2026. Trial operations and pre-production tests are underway on the plant's first two production lines, which are expected to supply electric-vehicle batteries to European automakers. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

CATL Debrecen executive manager Qin Liang reacts during a media tour at CATL's battery cell plant in Debrecen, Hungary, on October 1, 2026. Trial operations and pre-production tests are underway on the plant's first two production lines, which are expected to supply electric-vehicle batteries to European automakers. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon takes a seat ahead of the Small Business Administration's Million Dollar Pitch Competition, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)