Citing concerns revolving around unfair competition and potential national security threats, the U.S. government (along with Canada and potentially Europe) has imposed high tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles and various raw materials, though that may not be the end of restrictions placed on items coming from that part of the world. Rather, as Ford Authority previously reported, vehicles that are built in China and exported to the U.S. – including the Lincoln Nautilus – also face a potential ban, which understandably has more than one party concerned.
According to Reuters, China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao expressed “serious concerns” about potential restrictions for Chinese connected vehicles like the Lincoln Nautilus when speaking with Gina Raimondo of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce recently. Wentao called for existing sanctions against Chinese companies to be lifted, and also stressed that the U.S. and China need to work together to foster a strong global supply chain, set national security boundaries, and create a cooperative business setting.
“China urges the U.S. to address the specific concerns of Chinese companies, lift sanctions as soon as possible, and improve the business environment for Chinese firms in the U.S.,” a ministry statement quoted Wentao as saying. He also went on to say that China is willing to work with the U.S. to improve relations between the two countries on matters such as trade and economic development.
These concerns come shortly after the U.S. Commerce Department proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads, which would effectively ban all of those types of vehicles from the U.S. However, this proposed rule would also require U.S. automakers to remove that same hardware and software from their vehicles in the coming years, with software restrictions beginning in 2027, followed by a hardware ban in January 2029 for the 2030 model year. For now, these rules haven’t been finalized, but if they do become law, they would apply to all on-road vehicles, though not agricultural or mining models that aren’t used on public roads, plus things like drones and trains.
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They don’t care about improving relations. They care about increasing access to our markets to crush us. How many American imports domtounsee in China? Effectively Zero. That’s what our goal for Chinese imports should be.