A visitor takes photographs through a panoramic window into the production hall during a media tour of 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. Local residents and environmental groups have repeatedly protested against the project over concerns about water consumption, pollution and transparency, while authorities have recently fined CATL over environmental compliance violations. Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who defeated Orban at the April election, has pledged stricter oversight of battery plants while maintaining support for strategically important investments. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

A visitor takes photographs through a panoramic window into the production hall during a media tour of 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. Local residents and environmental groups have repeatedly protested against the project over concerns about water consumption, pollution and transparency, while authorities have recently fined CATL over environmental compliance violations. Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who defeated Orban at the April election, has pledged stricter oversight of battery plants while maintaining support for strategically important investments. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

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)

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)