On Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later emissions regulation, which will effectively require as much as 56 percent of new cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. to be all-electric by 2032, with hybrids accounting for an additional 16 percent of sales.
This week, in an increasingly rare bipartisan vote of 352-65, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would ban the TikTok application in the U.S. unless it is sold by ByteDance, it’s Chinese parent company, within six months.
This week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced three bills targeting Chinese vehicles. The Closing Auto Tariffs Loopholes Act would treat motor vehicles produced by a foreign adversary and its controlled entities as if they originated in the territory of the foreign adversary.
On Wednesday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that would increase the tariff on automobiles from China from the current 27.5 percent to 125 percent.
At a hearing on Wednesday held by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a representative of the United Auto Workers (UAW) once again called on the administration to raise tariffs on autos and auto parts, echoing written comments submitted by the autoworkers union several weeks ago.
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