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Jeep’s China EV Partner Could Drag It Into a Trade War
Stellantis is walking a regulatory tightrope to fulfill its ambitions in the world’s biggest car market.
A delicate relationship.
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The US and China’s once simmering trade war over clean technology has now reached fever pitch. Just have a listen.
Chinese-made vehicles on US roads could potentially “be immediately and simultaneously disabled by somebody in Beijing,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speculated earlier this year. Beijing’s economic policy is predicated on “hollowing out our industrial base,” Brian Deese, former director of President Joe Biden’s National Economic Council, fretted April 25.