Baldwin Pushes Bipartisan Bill to Ban Chinese Vehicles, Protect American Workers Through Senate Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) successfully passed a bipartisan bill to protect American workers and families from the growing threat of Chinese-made vehicles through the Senate Commerce Committee. The Baldwin-backed Connected Vehicle Security Act prevents Americans’ data from being collected on American roads and sent back to Beijing by cutting off the supply of vehicles, software, and critical hardware originating from China or Chinese companies at every point in the chain, from the manufacturing process, to import, to sale. “Chinese connected vehicles pose a serious threat to American jobs and Americans’ safety,” said Senator Baldwin. “I am proud to have worked with my Democratic and Republican colleagues to take a step forward in our fight to prevent China from collecting our data and help keep Wisconsin workers and families safe.” Specifically, the Connected Vehicle Security Act:
- Bans foreign adversary vehicles by prohibiting the importation, manufacture, sale, and resale of connected vehicles, software, and hardware linked to China or other foreign adversaries, including those from joint ventures or entities under their control;
- Empowers the Department of Commerce to identify and block high-risk vehicle technologies, components, and transactions that threaten U.S. economic or national security;
- Establishes enforcement mechanisms to ensure prohibited technologies are kept out of the U.S. market; and
- Phases implementation with vehicle and software restrictions taking effect in 2027, and hardware restrictions in 2030, giving the U.S. industry time to secure a domestic supply, in line with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Connected Vehicles rule.
The bill is led by Senators Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
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A ban or tariff on Chinese vehicles would make sense if it was part of a larger industrial policy package that subsidizes domestic EV manufacturers, but Trump got rid of that and the dems don’t seem to have any intention on reinstating that. Calling Chinese cars a “security risk” is not a serious accusation considering how the same logic isn’t applied to any other car manufacturers. She sounds like a republican.
So really this just means we aren’t allowed to buy awesome Chinese EVs that are lightyears ahead of the expensive slop Tesla puts out. American EVs will never catch up at this rate. Didn’t know Baldwin also was in bed with Elon.