People familiar with the matter said that the Biden government is considering adopting methods other than tariffs to limit imports of Chinese smart cars and related components.
Bloomberg News Friday (February 9) quoted people familiar with the matter that these measures will be applied to electric vehicles and components from China.No matter where they are assembled, the United States will restrict the United States to prevent Chinese manufacturers from transporting cars and parts to the US market through third countries such as Mexico.
A person familiar with the matter revealed that US officials are particularly worried about the large amount of data collected by so -called smart cars (including electric vehicles and other types of networking and autonomous vehicles).Many cars today, both gasoline and electric vehicles, are equipped with devices connecting to the Internet, which makes them a potential goal of hacking.
Some of the people familiar with the matter said that the US government may try to use the existing power of the Ministry of Commerce to supervise some information and communication technology transactions to solve the problem of data security.However, U.S. officials are still conducting comprehensive policy research, so they have not made any decisions.
It is reported that a separate administrative order aiming to ensure the security of overall data is expected to be released as early as next week. Officials are still considering adjusting the 27.5 of 27.5, which was initially requisitioned by Chinese electric vehicles by the US President Trump.%tariff.
