Industry Urges Trump to Keep Chinese Carmakers Out of U.S.
The coalition said Chinese subsidies would distort competition and weaken U.S. manufacturing, defense capacity and jobs, according to the letter.
- On Thursday, a broad coalition of automakers, suppliers and dealers urged President Donald Trump to maintain policies blocking Chinese automakers from the U.S. market ahead of next week's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- Industry pressure intensified after Bloomberg reported BYD Co. might join Xi's delegation, compounded by Trump's recent openness to Chinese automakers building plants in the U.S. on Fox News.
- Signed by six major trade associations, the letter argues allowing Chinese production would "undermine fair competition and jeopardize the progress" the administration made preventing "Chinese dominance in key industries."
- Regulations imposed by the administration of former President Joe Biden already restrict Chinese vehicles through steep tariffs and bans on connected systems to protect sensitive driver data.
- Taiyi Sun, an associate professor of political science at Christopher Newport University, said the summit creates a "paradox" for the United States as policymakers balance trade relations against preventing Chinese market dominance.
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Major assemblers, suppliers and dealers pressured President Donald Trump to keep Chinese assemblers out of the US market this Friday, before his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping next week. Last week, Trump told Fox News that he would not oppose the installation of Chinese assemblers' factories in the US. We asked his government to maintain policies that would leave the door firmly closed to Chinese assemblers seeking to sell, import or …
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Auto Industry Urges Trump: Keep Chinese Carmakers Out
U.S. auto industry groups and lawmakers urge President Trump to retain barriers against Chinese automakers, warning subsidies and linked technologies threaten American manufacturing, jobs, and national security, and to keep strict cybersecurity rules on connected vehicles. Trump’s openness to letting Chinese carmakers build in the United States faces pushback from Detroit’s big three and their lobbying groups, who argue such moves would hurt Ame…
LEADING automakers are asking Trump to block Chinese companies from the US market to protect domestic industry and national security.
Auto industry urges Trump to keep Chinese automakers out ahead of Xi meeting
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Major automakers, suppliers and dealers on Friday urged President Donald Trump to keep Chinese automakers out of the US market, ahead of his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping next week. Last ...
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