The Indian government has been pushing Tesla for years to manufacture in India rather than import electric vehicles into India from China. Nitin Gadkari, India's Minister for Road Transport & Highways, reiterated this view last week.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testified today before the House Ways and Means Committee, discussing various aspects of the Biden administration's trade policy agenda with members of the committee. We highlight here a number of comments made by Tai and the committee members on issues related to

A new paper by legal scholars Mandy Meng Fang and Weihuan Zhou offers an analysis of China’s "emerging practice in subsidizing the low carbon energy (LCE) transition by using the new energy vehicles (NEVs) industry as a case study." They describe a shift in priorities for Chinese

As part of the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for 2020 (the annual U.S. defense spending bill), which became law on December 20, 2019, there was a provision designed to restrict Chinese-owned companies from selling rail cars or buses to be used in U.S. transit. As Roll

Today the U.S. Senate passed a long-awaited $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, called the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act [https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr3684/BILLS-117hr3684eas.pdf]." One provision in this bill is of particular interest for trade with China, as it requires a report within

On August 5, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/08/05/executive-order-on-strengthening-american-leadership-in-clean-cars-and-trucks/] ,” making a push for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. While some Chinese firms may see this policy as benefiting Chinese