https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-chinese-car-ban-might-be-closer-than-you-think
By Drew Berkemeyer
A bipartisan Senate bill aimed at keeping Chinese-made vehicles and automotive technology off American roads moved one step closer to becoming law on Wednesday after clearing the Senate Commerce Committee with unanimous support.
The Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026, sponsored by Sens. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), would prohibit the import, sale, and operation of vehicles manufactured by China and other designated foreign adversaries while also banning Chinese-developed connected vehicle technology, including software and data systems, from American roads.
“Chinese cars are surveillance packages on wheels, with the ability to collect on American citizens and transmit that data back to Beijing,” Slotkin said after the bill advanced. “The Chinese Communist Party’s playbook of heavily subsidizing their product and underselling the competition puts Michigan’s auto industry and millions of American workers at risk.”
Moreno echoed those concerns, arguing that Beijing’s ambitions extend beyond simply competing in the global auto market. “China’s auto industry was not built to compete, it was built to destroy American manufacturing, gut the middle class, and undermine our national security,” Moreno said. “For decades, D.C. globalists propped up Chinese businesses — now it’s time for Congress to stop this cancer before it spreads through the American auto market.”
