Congress members push Chinese auto parts ban before Trump China trip
Chinese electric vehicle brands Neta and Zeekr have increased sales to meet aggressive targets in recent years, with Neta doing so for more than 60,000 cars.
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Bipartisan lawmakers in Michigan on Tuesday introduced legislation that would ban Chinese-made “connected vehicles,” software and hardware from the U.S. market ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.
Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., chairman of the House China Select Committee, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said.Connected Vehicle Security Act” closely mirrors bipartisan Senate legislation from Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, that would enact Biden-era connected vehicle restrictions over national security and data collection concerns. Connected vehicles have internet access and wireless connectivity with other cars or trucks that supporters say could improve road safety.
“We don’t compete on equal terms when China subsidizes its manufacturers, manipulates its currency.” [and] uses slave labor. This is not a level playing field,” Dingell said at a news conference Tuesday. invoice. “What [China is] “What we’re trying to do is go inside our country and fight us from the inside.”
According to the proposal, bans on connected vehicle software will be effective as of January 1, 2027, and restrictions on hardware will be effective as of January 1, 2030. The bill would also cover Russia, North Korea and Iran.
The legislation comes as automakers, suppliers, dealers and steelmakers raise warnings that heavily subsidized Chinese automakers could undermine the U.S. industrial base if allowed into the market.
more than that 120 bipartisan Houses MPs Last month, he called on Trump not to allow Chinese automakers into the United States after he said in January that he would be open to Chinese automakers setting up factories in America if they hired American workers. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have since said: no plan To undo existing restrictions.
“[With] “You never quite know what President Trump is going to do until he does it,” Dingell said. “So what we’re all trying to do is send a message to him. It’s the future of the American autoworker and the American auto industry, and he needs that and wants to protect it.”
