Trudeau Aims to Match Biden on Banning Chinese-Made Car Software
- Canada has already announced tariffs on Chinese EVs, metals
- Officials weighing legal options on restricting car software
A BYD Co. electric vehicle charging outside one of the company's dealership in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. China's top-selling automaker BYD expects overseas deliveries to account for almost half of total sales in the future, suggesting it will continue to set up global production hubs to overcome punishing tariffs.
Photographer: Na Bian/BloombergCanada is looking at banning Chinese-made software in vehicles after the US took steps toward doing so, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday.
“The short answer is absolutely,” she told reporters when asked whether Canada was considering following the US move. “Our government has made very clear that we take really seriously intentional Chinese overcapacity and we take very seriously the security threat from China.”