China firmly opposes U.S. proposed ban on Chinese connected vehicles
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China strongly objects to the U.S. proposal to restrict the use of Chinese-connected vehicles, as well as their software and hardware, in the United States, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.
A ministry spokesperson made the remarks in response to a media inquiry, emphasizing that the U.S. proposal smears Chinese-connected vehicles under the pretext of national security.
The spokesperson said the proposal is one of the U.S. actions that targeted Chinese automobiles in recent years, including tariff hikes, procurement restrictions, and discriminatory subsidy policies.
The proposal has no factual basis, violates the principles of the market economy and fair competition, and is a typical act of protectionism, the spokesperson said, adding that it will severely impact China-U.S. cooperation on connected vehicles, disrupt and distort global automotive industrial and supply chains, and harm the interests of U.S. consumers.
It is also a non-market practice that uses government power to interfere with economic and commercial cooperation between enterprises, constituting economic coercion, said the spokesperson.
“China urges the United States to cease its wrong practice of generalizing national security, immediately lift the relevant restrictions, and end its unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies,” said the spokesperson.
The spokesperson added that China will take necessary measures to safeguard its companies’ legitimate rights and interests resolutely.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
