Cheap Subsidized Chinese EVs From Mexico Could Destroy US Auto Sector, Industry Group Warns

‘The commercial backdoor left open to Chinese auto imports should be shut before it causes mass plant closures and job losses in the United States.’

Electric cars waiting to be loaded onto the 'BYD Explorer NO.1,' a vessel manufactured domestically for exporting Chinese automobiles, at Yantai Port, Shandong Province, China, on Jan. 10, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images

The United States should implement trade measures to prevent an influx of subsidized, cheap Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) from Mexico, which threatens the U.S. auto industry, according to an industry group.

In a report titled “China’s Existential Threat to America’s Auto Industry and its Route Through Mexico,” released on Feb. 20, the Alliance for American Manufacturing expressed significant concern that Chinese EV dominance could wipe out the century-long U.S. auto industry.