"The legislation we introduce will show bipartisan support for doing what must be done to protect the manufacturing sector, jobs, and the American people from China’s predatory trade practices and manipulative attacks on American industry."
Introduce bipartisan legislation to ban Chinese vehicles from U.S. roads to protect American industry and national security.
Occurrences
Congresswoman Dingell and the lawmakers called on President Trump to: Maintain and strengthen existing tariffs and trade enforcement measures on Chinese automakers and automobiles; Ensure that Chinese automakers cannot establish manufacturing operations in the United States or use North American production as a backdoor into the U.S. market; Explicitly prohibit vehicles produced by Chinese-owned or controlled entities in Canada or Mexico from qualifying for USMCA benefits or entering the United States; Accelerate and expand restrictions on Chinese-connected vehicle technologies across all vehicle classes; and Work with allies to counter China’s coordinated effort to dominate the global auto industry through non-market practices.
Evidence
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) have introduced the Connected Vehicle Security Act. The legislation would prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of connected vehicles, software, and hardware linked to China.
This bipartisan legislation will ban Chinese vehicles from coming into our country and undercutting our workers through massive government subsidies, unfair trade practices, and slave labor,” said Dingell.
Prohibits the importation, manufacture, sale, or introduction into U.S. commerce of connected vehicles originating from or controlled by a covered foreign adversary country, effective January 1, 2027 ... Covers China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
To prohibit the importation, manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into interstate commerce in the United States of connected vehicles and related software and hardware associated with foreign adversaries.
BIS issued a rule restricting the import and sale of certain connected vehicles and related hardware/software linked to China or Russia. BIS determined these transactions pose national security risks.
Assessments
Dingell fulfilled the specific promise because she introduced bipartisan federal legislation, the Connected Vehicle Security Act, with Republican John Moolenaar during her current House term. The bill targets Chinese-linked connected vehicles and related software/hardware for prohibition from U.S. commerce, matching the promised action and rationale of protecting U.S. industry and national security. The promise was to introduce legislation, not necessarily secure enactment.