US Lawmakers Ask Incoming Mexican President to Review Chinese Automaker Risks

BYD electric cars for export waiting to be loaded on the "BYD Explorer NO.1", a domestically manufactured vessel intended to export Chinese automobiles, at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province on Jan. 10, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. lawmakers concerned about the access the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has to Americans via connected vehicles have asked Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum to address concerns posed by Chinese automakers with a foothold in Mexico.

In an Oct. 1 letter, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) led a group of lawmakers asking Sheinbaum to establish a national review of these CCP-linked manufacturers.