Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said on March 31 he will introduce legislation to ban Chinese cars and auto parts in the American market.
“There will not be a Chinese automobile here,” Moreno said at the Automotive Forum in New York City. “And what I’m hoping is that Latin America, Mexico, Canada, and Europe adopt our same standards now.”
Autos make up more than a fifth of trade between the United States, Mexico, and Canada together, and it’s the largest industry in U.S.–Mexico trade.
The European Union has also tightened regulations against Chinese auto imports, imposing high tariffs on electric vehicles that the bloc says are being dumped on the European market. But other allies have taken a different tack, with Canada signing a deal with China in January to remove tariffs and allow for 49,000 Chinese electric vehicle imports per year, and upping that to 70,000 in five years….
