Ohio senator wants Biden to permanently ban Chinese EVs from US

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questions former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Gregory Becker, former Signature Bank Chairman Scott Shay, and former Signature Bank President Eric Howell during at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on

“I implore you to take bold, aggressive action and to permanently ban EVs produced by Chinese companies or whatever subsidiaries they establish to conceal their origins,” Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, wrote on Thursday.

Last month, Brown and two other Democrats had called on Biden to hike import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to address national security risks.