China to begin probing US car imports

12/11/2009 12:00 - 644 Views

With President Obama slapping down an anti dumping tax on Chinese made tyres, he single handedly irked the Chinese government and started what might become known as the auto wars.

China did not take too kindly to its tyres being priced out of the US market thanks to anti dumping taxes, and plans on probing US built cars that are imported into China. Currently several US car manufacturers are relying on Chinese sales to keep them afloat during rough economic times, the big three are the ones that are affected most, but it looks like GM and Chrysler are going to be taking this one hard:

    * Buick Enclave
    * Hummer models,
    * Cadillac CTS, Escalade, SRX, CLX and XLR
    * Dodge – Journey, Caliber, and Avenger
    * Jeep – Patriot, Compass, Wrangler, Grand Jeep
    * Ford – Lincoln Navigator, and Escape

According to media reports, the ministry of commerce has received information from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) regarding the probing of anti dumping taxes on vehicles (including sedans and SUVs) that were produced in the USA, and have engine displacements over 2.0L. CAAM believes that this market segment is causing serious harm to domestically produced vehicles.

More news as we get it.

9 November 2009

Source: www.chinacartimes.com