Democratic senators Tammy Baldwin, Elissa Slotkin and Chuck Schumer have urged US president Donald Trump to bar Chinese carmakers from building cars in the US and to stop Chinese cars assembled in Mexico or Canada from entering the country, after Trump said in January that he’s open to Chinese carmakers building US factories, Reuters reports.
“We must be clear-eyed that inviting China’s automakers to set up shop in the United States would confer an insurmountable economic advantage impossible for American automakers to overcome, and it would trigger a national security crisis that could never be reversed.
“While a new plant opened by a Chinese automaker in the United States may create some assembly and temporary construction jobs, that small number of jobs will not make up for the lasting job loss,” the lawmakers reportedly wrote in a letter to Trump.
Additionally, they noted that in February, BYD was among a group of companies briefly added to a list of Chinese firms allegedly aiding Beijing’s military. “The administration should move without hesitation to designate BYD and other Chinese automakers as military-connected entities,” they wrote.
“While the administration is always working to secure more investment into America’s industrial resurgence, any notion that we would ever compromise our national security to do so is baseless and false,” the White House said when asked for comment.
“If they (Chinese carmakers) want to come in and build a plant and hire you and hire your friends and your neighbours, that’s great, I love that,” Trump said at the Detroit Economic Club in January.
Although Chinese cars already face tariffs of around 100% in the US, recent surveys indicate that consumer interest in Chinese vehicles are rising, Reuters reports. In January 2025, the Biden administration imposed sweeping regulations that effectively ban Chinese passenger vehicles in the country, citing national security concerns.
The ban is backed strongly by US carmakers and other auto groups – last month, auto trade groups representing nearly all major car companies urged the government to keep Chinese carmakers out of the country ahead of Trump’s planned summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping in May.
The news agency also reports that earlier this month, Republican senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio said he will propose legislation to seal off the US so “there’s never a scenario where a Chinese automobile will enter our market, that’s hardware, that’s software, that’s partnerships.”
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I don’t feel pity for them to establish a closed door competition while many failed to match last decade Tesla Model 3 since 2018.
The Ford Rangers also left the Top 20 Chart in Malaysia.
Frod dah 130thn pun still mau tongkat…Harap P1,P2 juga akan terus ditongkat 1000thn akan datang. Cukai je semua kereta luar tu 400%
Must JV with local companies as controlling shareholders,
Give free shares to JV companies,
USE superior Made in USA auto parts,
President
AMKS Free Trade Association
Problem with car manufacturing in the US – labour costs too high. 1 single operator man could be earning as low as usd2k, which is about right when it comes to currency rate and costs of living there (may not even be enough) but why do it for the equivalent of rm10k when you can get other countries to do it for less than rm3k – even lesser in Mexico, eastern europe or some parts of south east asia.
America’s Big 3 are now making mostly SUVs & pickup trucks which are now mostly overpriced beyond the affordability of most Americans. Thus, new SUVs & pickups are now sitting in the dealers’ lots unsold for an average of more than a year.
Negara dia. Biarlah diorg uruskan hal diorg.
Negara yang ban FB, Google, Ig, Whatsapp, Youtube pun korang tak bising.
In 2010, Google announced that it would stop censoring search results and effectively closed its search engine services in mainland China, making these services inaccessible without specialized tools.
FB, Google, Ig, Whatsapp, Youtube semua tu applikasi Yahudi. dorang guna untuk monitoring users.
because those few companies didnt obey local china law. you conveniently ignored that Apple and Tesla are allowed to sell in china.
So it’s the same the these chinese carmakers not complying to the US law.
“national security”, “national security”, “national security” – USA is such a insecure and paranoid loser now, they keep blaming others for their own failures and instead of improving themselves, they “lie, cheat and steal” from others – american auto industry will die because they will get thrashed outside US borders with their horrible quality, ancient tech, crazy price and they can only survive inside the US.
sore loser!