Why Chinese Car Investments Are a National-Security Risk
Workers check vehicle frames on the production line for electric vehicle maker Zeekr at its factory in Ningbo, China, on May 29, 2025. (Kevin Frayer via Getty Images)
If the U.S. wants to win the competition for technology and security, it must distinguish between productive investment and Trojan horses.
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As we all await the U.S.-China summit on Thursday, there is an Amy Winehouse test worth applying to Donald Trump’s approach. The test comes from an overlooked Fox News interview last March between Laura Ingraham and Howard Lutnick.
The Fox News host asked the commerce secretary: “Let’s say China comes in and they say, ‘Okay, we’re gonna build stuff in the United States. We want to build automobile companies, our automobiles, in the United States.’ Well, that would kill our car industry. . . . Would you allow that?”
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