The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents industry giants such as General Motors, Ford, Toyota Volkswagen, Hyundai, Honda, Stellantis, and other automakers, is as of Thursday openly calling for Congress to pass legislation permanently barring Chinese automakers from being able to sell cars in the United States, and urging for such action to take place before the end of the year. The push to limit the impact of Chinese automakers is nothing new. Back in July, legislation was proposed by the Senate Commerce Committee aimed at toughening the existing U.S. government restrictions on Chinese automakers, though it has yet to win final passage. Lawmakers such as Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Bernie Moreno (R-OH) were behind that proposal (which had support from The Alliance for Automotive Innovation), specifically seeking to codify regulations set under the Biden administration that essentially ban Chinese automakers from selling or producing passenger vehicles and light-duty vehicles for the United States market. That’s not to say there haven’t been some hurdles involved in the existing fight. Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz has highlighted that a provision in the bill that would ban companies with more than 15% ownership by Chinese entities would bar the likes of Mercedes-Benz; Cruz pointed to that issue as an example of why he believes some changes will need to be made before anything is signed into law. Polestar has already been forced to withdraw from the United States for MY2027, owing to its majority ownership being China's Geely Holding. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation CEO John Bozzella told Reuters that any successful piece of legislation would send a “clear and bipartisan message” that China’s plans to rapidly grow its global automotive footprint will be treated as a national security issue here in the States. “Right now, Chinese automakers are dumping