Amid Trump trip, Michigan duo latest to float Chinese car ban Washington — A bipartisan duo of Michigan lawmakers is backing a push to ban Chinese vehicles from the United States, adding yet more force behind a widespread effort to keep President Donald Trump from opening the American marketplace to a major competitive threat. Republican U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar of Caledonia and Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell of Ann Arbor introduced a bill on Monday titled the Connected Vehicle Security Act, which seeks to solidify barriers to China building its U.S. automotive presence on both economic and national security grounds. "This legislation that Debbie and I have introduced shows bipartisan support for doing what must be done to protect manufacturing sector jobs and the American people from China's predatory trade practices and manipulative attacks on American industry," Moolenaar said during a press conference on the new bill. The move came a day before Trump flew to China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss, among other topics, international trade between the United States and its chief geopolitical rival. It's the latest in a flurry of public pleas to Trump that allowing Chinese companies to manufacture cars and trucks in the United States would be disastrous for a domestic auto industry that has fallen behind China globally in many key areas. "Unfortunately, there are ... too few, rare bipartisan moments these days in Congress," Dingell said. "And we will fight this with all of our might in a very bipartisan way." Lawmakers and industry insiders have said they do not expect the auto sector to be a part of conversations between Trump and Xi this week, though they have noted that anything is possible when Trump is at the negotiating table. "You never quite know what he's going to