The National Post reports in its Saturday, June 13, edition that Chinese electric vehicles might soon arrive in Canada, but Michigan Democrats, including Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Rep. Haley Stevens, are pushing the Protecting America from Chinese Cars Act to prevent them from entering the U.S. via Mexico and Canada.
The Post's Tracy Moran writes that Ms. Slotkin said, "This is an economic security issue and a national security issue, and we must prevent these vehicles from driving over our border and into our communities."
Referring to them as "surveillance packages on wheels," Ms. Slotkin said the bill builds on her Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 and aims to ban "fully finished Chinese vehicles from driving over in any capacity, even just for the day."
The bill targets both the sale of Chinese EVs in the U.S. and vacationers who might drive one into the country.
But is transshipment a real problem, and why are Michigan Democrats supporting a ban?
Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Inu Manak, said: "I didn't see any data presented of what the problem is or the scope of the problem at all. There are no Chinese vehicles entering through Canada or Mexico, it's just a fake problem that doesn't exist."
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