I've got a better idea: ban connected vehicles, completely. All it has to do is move you from a -> b. Why the fuck do you need a cloud connection?<p>It's a threat to our economy, security, and continuity of business in the unlikely but unfortunate event of a kinetic attack on the US mainland or one of it's territories.
This is just a ploy to stop the onslaught of Chinese EVs from entering the US market. Doing Tesla, Ford, GM, Volkwagon, Toyota a favor but a disservice to consumers.
> The Biden administration has raised serious concerns about the collection of data by Chinese companies<p>What about the collection of data by US companies that later sell to anyone that pays (including Chinese companies and various governments)?
I assume this is meant to ban PRC cars from even entering US soil, i.e. tariffs won't stop Chinese cars from crossing Mexican border. Meant to make PRC cars not viable in North America.
Next step, ban offshoring, lets end globalisation, one never knows which state might be working for their own purposes, with agents on service delivery companies.
Go, Yankees!<p>Chinese authorities should be thinking: never stop your enemies when they are hurting themselves. The ex leader of the "free world" can't win anymore?
The economic nationalism of the Democratic party (though there's plenty of support for this from the Republicans too) is reaching a new sort of crescendo in recent years. That's par for the course. What isn't and shouldn't be is that these same tendencies have moved in the direction of indirectly controlling access to information platforms and means of expressing oneself. Banning TikTok for example, done under the guise of surveillance fears and the absurd boogeyman of "misinformation" takes circumventions of free speech protection to new levels.