I will 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.

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;

The lawmakers seek to prevent Chinese automakers from setting up U.S. factories or using North American production to enter the U.S. market.

Dingell, Colleagues Urge President Trump to Block Chinese Automakers from Entering U.S. Market | Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
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BIS final rule says it prohibits transactions involving vehicle connectivity-system hardware and covered software designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons tied to the PRC or Russia, effective March 17, 2025. It also prohibits PRC- or Russia-controlled connected vehicle manufacturers from knowingly selling completed connected vehicles in the United States that incorporate VCS hardware or covered software.

The federal government adopted a connected-vehicle supply-chain rule targeting Chinese-linked software, hardware, and certain vehicle sales. This is substantial but narrower than a blanket ban on Chinese automakers establishing U.S. manufacturing or using North American production.

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Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

The rule exempts covered-software transactions for completed connected vehicles manufactured before model year 2027 and exempts VCS hardware associated with vehicle model years before 2030 or imported before January 1, 2029 in some circumstances.

The final rule contains transition periods and exemptions, so it does not immediately or categorically ensure Chinese automakers cannot manufacture in the United States or enter through North American production.

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Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles
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The White House stated that the Section 301 tariff rate on electric vehicles from China would increase from 25% to 100% in 2024, and that the 100% rate would protect American manufacturers from China’s unfair trade practices.

A 100% tariff on Chinese EV imports is a major barrier to Chinese-made EVs entering the U.S. market, but it is a tariff, not a prohibition on U.S. manufacturing operations or North American production by Chinese automakers.

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FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China’s Unfair Trade Practices
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USMCA Article 2.4 provides that, unless otherwise provided, no party shall increase an existing customs duty or adopt a new customs duty on an originating good, and each party shall apply customs duties on originating goods according to its tariff commitments.

USMCA still gives preferential tariff treatment to qualifying North American-origin goods, so the agreement itself does not contain a China-specific bar preventing Chinese-owned automakers from using compliant North American production to access the U.S. market.

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USTR: USMCA Chapter 2 - National Treatment and Market Access for Goods
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

USMCA vehicle rules define passenger vehicles and provide that a passenger vehicle of subheadings 8703.21 through 8703.90 can qualify with a change from another heading and regional value content of not less than 75 percent under the net cost method.

The official rules focus on regional value content and tariff classification, not a categorical ownership ban on Chinese automakers. That leaves the North American-production issue only partially addressed by origin rules.

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USTR: USMCA Chapter 4 - Rules of Origin
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The draft bill would prohibit, beginning January 1, 2027, the importation, manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into U.S. interstate commerce of a connected vehicle if its country of origin is a covered country including the People’s Republic of China, or if the manufacturer is more than 15 percent owned or controlled by covered-country entities.

The proposed bill would move closer to the promise’s categorical ban, including manufacture, but the available text is introduced draft legislation rather than enacted law, and Lynch is not listed as an introducer in the Senate draft.

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Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 Draft Bill Text
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The BYD Auto page describes BYD Auto as a Chinese automobile manufacturer and says BYD’s electric bus plant in Lancaster, California became operational in 2014, with BYD buses produced in the United States at the Lancaster plant.

A Chinese automaker has had U.S. vehicle manufacturing operations for years, indicating the promise has not been fulfilled as a categorical outcome. This is secondary evidence because an official company or government source was not available through search results for the same point.

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BYD Auto - United States and Manufacturing Facilities
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Car and Driver reported that Volvo, majority-owned by China’s Geely Holding, received a specific authorization from the Commerce Department’s ICTS office for continued import and sale of connected cars in the United States under the connected-vehicles rule.

The Commerce process can allow specific authorizations for Chinese-owned or China-linked automakers, which undercuts a finding that Chinese automakers are categorically barred from U.S. market access.

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Car and Driver: Volvo Receives Approval to Continue Importing Connected Vehicles to the U.S.
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

Autoweek reported that Volvo Cars is majority-owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and operates an assembly plant in Charleston, South Carolina, where it says it has invested more than $1.3 billion and created more than 2,000 jobs.

A Chinese-owned automaker-affiliated company continues to have significant U.S. assembly operations and received approval to continue U.S. connected-vehicle activity, which is inconsistent with the full promise.

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Autoweek: Volvo’s Chinese Ties Didn’t Stop US Approval
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 76%