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Rep. Roger Williams warns Chinese-built cars could pose data and espionage risks
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Rep. Roger Williams said Chinese involvement in building vehicles or supplying EV components raises data-security and espionage concerns and argued U.S. industry should not cede market or surveillance capabilities to Chinese firms; he also said U.S. car sales remain "pretty good."
Rep. Roger Williams, a U.S. representative from Texas, told an interviewer that Chinese involvement in the auto industry raises serious privacy and national-security risks, saying, "China is the enemy." He argued the United States need not rely on Chinese firms for vehicle production or components and urged caution about allowing them greater presence in the U.S. market.
Williams cited economic and security concerns, mentioning intellectual-property theft and currency manipulation as part of the problem and invoking his long experience in the auto business as…
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