Driving a Chinese Car From Canada or Mexico Into America Could Be Banned

Chinese carmakers are viewed as major threats to established car brands in the United States, should they ever be sold here, due to their cheaper price tags. For now, huge import tariffs and rules against the use of Chinese connected vehicle software are among the factors keeping brands like Chery and BYD out of the U.S., but a new bill aims to go even further. Called the Protecting America from Chinese Cars Act, the bill—proposed by two members of Congress—would go so far as to ban any connected vehicle from China and “other adversarial nations” from entering the United States. It would effectively prohibit visitors from Canada and Mex …