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Source: Reuters

UPDATE 1-Ohio senator wants Biden to permanently ban Chinese EVs from US

David Shepardson
Thu, April 11, 2024 at 6:25 PM EDT·2 min read

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - The chair of the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to block Chinese-made vehicles from the United States auto market, marking the strongest call yet for action against China's automakers by a U.S. lawmaker.

"I implore you to take bold, aggressive action and to permanently ban EVs produced by Chinese companies or whatever subsidiaries they establish to conceal their origins," Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, wrote on Thursday to Biden calling for "expeditious" action. "Chinese electric vehicles are an existential threat to the American auto industry."

The White House did not immediately comment on Thursday.

In March, 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."

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