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April 12 (BBC) - President Joe Biden has been urged 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".
His comments are the strongest yet by any US lawmaker on the issue, while others have called for steep tariffs to keep Chinese electric vehicles (EV) out of the country.
In February, the White House said the US was opening 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.
Senator Brown, who is a Democrat from the the car-producing state of Ohio, is seeking to win a fourth term in office in November's election.
The White House did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment.
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.
It warned cars that are connected to the internet "regularly use their cameras and sensors to record detailed information on US infrastructure; interact directly with critical infrastructure; and can be piloted or disabled remotely".
China is the world's largest producer of cars and vying with Japan to be the biggest exporter of vehicles.
The number of Chinese cars on US roads is, however, extremely low due to the fact the latter currently imposes a 27.5% tariff on the vehicles.
This week, while on a trip to China, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Beijing that Washington would not allow a repeat of the "China shock" of the early 2000s, when Chinese imports flooded into America.
In response, China's vice finance minister, Liao Min, expressed "grave concern" over restrictions the US has imposed on trade and investment.
Mr Liao said China's competitive advantages are due to its "large-scale market, complete industrial system and abundant human resources".
Also on Thursday, America's biggest airlines asked the Biden administration to halt approvals of new flights between the US and China.
In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Transportation Department Secretary Pete Buttigieg they said China's “damaging anti-competitive policies” put US carriers at a disadvantage.
“If the growth of the Chinese aviation market is allowed to continue unchecked and without concern for equality of access in the market, flights will continue to be relinquished to Chinese carriers at the expense of US workers and businesses.”
The world's two biggest economies have been locked in a trade war since 2018 when the then-Trump administration imposed tariffs on more than $360bn (£287bn) of Chinese goods.
Beijing retaliated with tariffs on more than $110bn of US products.
President Joe Biden has largely kept those tariffs in place.
Last year the value of goods the US bought from China fell by just over 20% to $427bn. At the same time, US exports to China dipped by 4% to just under $148bn.
Unfair Trade Practices Friday, 12 April 2024 08:36 PM
Unfair trade practices in the so called democratic country. Preaching one thing and practicing another. Racism, crime, drug abuse, homelessness, poverty, police abuses etc is rampant. Everyone think life there is a bed of roses over there. Unfortunately, many are struggling and state government are overwhelmed with various issues.
mila Friday, 12 April 2024 09:17 PM
Look at the hatred of these Europeans against China. The hate is so big that Suddha made COVID to wipe out the Chinese population. Europeans can't stand that a non-white country is becoming more powerful than them. Soon we can expect WW3 because the European race will do anything to stop anyone else from becoming dominant in this world. It's everything or nothing to them. Billions will soon lose their lives because of racial supremacy.
M AbdulMalik Saturday, 13 April 2024 08:23 AM
I agree whole heartedly
Sokrates Saturday, 13 April 2024 10:17 AM
Your conspiracy theories, your pathological hatred of people with white skin, which is probably due to an inferiority complex, have driven you crazy. You have already reached the level of fanaticism, the next level is terrorism. Your psychosis requires urgent psychiatric treatment before you become a danger to the public.
wsw Saturday, 13 April 2024 07:37 AM
Yanki cowards scared against competition. These so called democratic minded autocrats, are the world's greatest hypocrites and trouble makers. Where there is conflict, you can bet your bottom dollar the USA will be involved in some form or manner. Wake up the rest of the world, especially Asia.
DOT Saturday, 13 April 2024 09:51 AM
What is this ? USA is supposed to be the prime example of the market economy. Be competitive ! Make it cheaper!
Sokrates Saturday, 13 April 2024 10:09 AM
As long as the dictator Xi pursues an aggressive and imperialistic foreign policy (preparing a war of aggression on Taiwan, supporting other rogue states such as Russia and Iran, illegal land and sea gains by building up islands, making poorer countries dependent on China through debt traps and others) a ban on Chinese electric vehicles is justified. Xi is using his foreign trade as a weapon. Like Huawei technology, these electric vehicles could be used as weapons in the event of a conflict. These vehicles could even be remotely controlled from China or shut down entirely, causing chaos and death. As long as the cruel and megalomaniac Xi is in power, the situation will not change.
R Apur Saturday, 13 April 2024 10:22 AM
Nothing remains permanent and that includes power of nations. There was a time when Alexander the Great was powerful annexing territories from Greece, to Egypt to North India. Then later power shifted to Portugal, Spain, Dutch and the Britain. Now they too are just there and it shifted to USA. Very soon all these strategies of US will get nullified and China will come to top over all others.
KD Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:12 PM
The reason is Chinese government is heavily subsidizing Chinese cars and collecting data from these cars. It's both unfair trade practices from China and a threat to US national security.
An Apple a day will keep Biden away Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:43 PM
China, ban Apple products altogether. Let's see who will lose most.
AJ Saturday, 13 April 2024 06:57 PM
I can’t understand why trying to control the market, USA is a capitalist country so people who live there should have the right of what they are buying
Tissa Fernando Sunday, 14 April 2024 03:15 AM
It could backfire as China is importing a lot of Tesla vehicles. America is making their iPhone in China,
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