Joe Biden urged to ban China-made electric vehicles
US lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to ban imports of Chinese-made electric cars to the US.
The chair of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Sherrod Brown, wrote “Chinese electric vehicles are an existential threat to the American auto industry”.
Whilst his comments are the strongest yet by any lawmaker, others are calling for steep tariffs to keep Chinese electric vehicles (EV) out of the country.
In February, the US opened an investigation into whether Chinese cars pose a national security risk.
“We cannot allow China to bring its government-backed cheating to the American auto industry”, Senator Brown said in a video on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
I’m calling for a complete ban on Chinese electric vehicles in America.
— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) April 11, 2024
We cannot allow China to bring its government-backed cheating to the American auto industry. pic.twitter.com/cekCo5Rt1K
In February, President Biden said that China’s policies “could flood our market with its vehicles, posing risks to our national security” and that he would “not let that happen on my watch.”
Washington could impose restrictions over concerns that the technology in Chinese-made cars could “collect large amounts of sensitive data on their drivers and passengers”, the White House said.
