US Autoworkers Against China Electric Vehicles

[ABS News Service/13.11.2026]

The United Auto Workers union urged top US lawmakers to keep the House China Select Committee in place when Democrats take over, citing concerns about Chinese automakers, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

“From global overcapacity in electric vehicles, Chinese ownership of Western automakers, and continued offshoring to China, we urgently need Congress’s focused attention on these issues and their rapidly emerging downstream effects,” the UAW wrote House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. “Autoworkers cannot afford any lapse in Congress’s attention on this issue.”

Jeffries said this week he would meet with Democratic leaders on the future of the House China select committee.

Congress has yet to pass legislation to make permanent a ban on Chinese autos. Senator Bernie Moreno, a Republican co-author of the bill, told Reuters on Tuesday he was getting “really, really close” to a deal and hoping for a Senate vote as early as next week.

“Congress must ensure that China and its practices do not gain a foothold in the US market,” the UAW letter said.