WASHINGTON, D.C.– As first reported by Reuters, following a first quarter in which China became the world’s largest auto exporter, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai, with concern about the Chinese Communist Party’s potential plan to flood the US market with automobiles, particularly electric vehicles.
The letter was also penned by Select Committee members Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI).
The lawmakers write that the PRC auto industry has been “propped up by massive subsidies and long-standing localization and other discriminatory policies employed by the PRC,” and believe that urgent action is needed to counter the PRC’s unfair practices and ensure that automakers and auto workers are able to compete on a level playing field, both here in the United States and globally in this critical industry.
The members request that “the Office of the United States Trade Representative consider whether to launch a new Section 301 investigation into these practices and the harm they pose to the American automotive industry and American workers…” and urge Ambassador Tai to consider “what actions should be taken to counter the PRC’s industrial strategy to dominate the global automobile market.”
Source : Wis Politics
