Asian shares were lower on Monday, as investors grew wary over the recent surge in coronavirus cases in many places while vaccination efforts are making scant headway.
Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one of them to move ahead with plans to make batteries in Georgia.
LG Energy Solution says it will invest more than $4.5 billion in its US battery production business by 2025 as automakers ramp up production of electric vehicles.