--- title: "Republican senator proposes to widen US ban on Chinese autos" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/281262824.md" description: "Republican Senator Bernie Moreno plans to introduce legislation to expand the U.S. ban on Chinese automakers, which currently prohibits them from selling passenger vehicles in the U.S. starting January 2025 due to national security concerns. Moreno's proposal aims to prevent any Chinese automobile hardware, software, or partnerships from entering the U.S. market, urging allies like Latin America, Canada, and Europe to adopt similar measures. The ban has strong support from U.S. carmakers and trade groups, while former President Trump previously expressed openness to Chinese automakers building plants in the U.S." datetime: "2026-03-31T22:30:00.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/281262824.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281262824.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/281262824.md) --- # Republican senator proposes to widen US ban on Chinese autos \* Senator Moreno seeks broader ban covering Chinese auto hardware, software, and partnerships \* U.S. carmakers and trade groups support ban, urge allies to adopt similar measures \* Trump previously expressed openness to Chinese automakers building plants in the U.S (Adds quotes, details, no immediate comments from Chinese embassy in Washington, from paragraph 2) By Kalea Hall and David Shepardson NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - Republican Senator Bernie Moreno said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation next month to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese automakers from entering the American market, and encouraged other countries to follow suit. The Biden administration imposed a sweeping regulation that effectively bans all Chinese automakers from selling passenger vehicles in the United States in January 2025, citing national security concerns about the ability of vehicles to collect sensitive data on American owners. The ban has the strong backing of U.S. carmakers and other auto groups. Earlier this month, major auto trade groups urged the U.S. government to keep ​Chinese carmakers out of the country, according to a letter seen by Reuters, ahead of President Donald Trump's planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in May. Senator Moreno said his proposed legislation would go further than the ban on imports, and would seal off the U.S. so "there's never a scenario where a Chinese automobile will enter our market, that's hardware, that's software, that's partnerships." "There ill not be a Chinese automobile here. And what I'm hoping is that Latin America, Mexico, Canada and Europe, adopt our same standards now," he said at an Automotive Forum event ahead of the New York Auto Show. "We don't allow Huawei to come into our telecommunications infrastructure. We're not going to allow Chinese automakers into this market," Moreno said, referring to U.S. government rules barring the Chinese telecom company. "We're going to prevent the cancer from coming into our market, and we're going to need the other countries to do chemotherapy." The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump ​is expected to visit China in May as the world's two biggest economies seek to maintain ​the stability that has characterized their relations since late last year, after a bruising period marked by Trump's tariffs and ‌China's chokehold ⁠on rare earths exports. In January, Trump said he was ​open to Chinese automakers building vehicles in the United States. "If they want to ​come in ⁠and build a plant and hire you and hire your friends and your neighbors, that's great, I love that," he told the Detroit Economic Club. 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