The US proposed rules targeting China's connected cars will hurt others and not benefit itself?

In recent years, China's automobile industry, especially in the field of new energy vehicles, has achieved remarkable development achievements. With technological innovation and excellent quality, its competitiveness in the global market has been increasingly enhanced. However, this development trend has caused "anxiety" in the US government, which plans to release proposed management rules for China's connected cars in an attempt to set up obstacles for the normal export of Chinese cars.

According to Reuters on July 16, Alan Estevez, deputy secretary of the US Department of Commerce for industrial and security affairs, mentioned at a forum in Colorado that day that the department plans to release proposed management rules on Internet cars in August, which is expected to impose restrictions on software designed and developed by China and other countries that the United States regards as competitors.

Estevez, head of export control at the US Department of Commerce, said alarmistly that cars are a very scary thing because they know a lot about the owner. Whether it is an electric car or a fuel car, it may be upgraded with software. There are many software installed on the car, which can take a lot of photos, and there is a system connected to the mobile phone that can know who the owner called and where he went. He further stated that the United States is studying some components and software, not the entire car, but some key driving components of the car, which manage software and car data, and these components must be manufactured in allies.

Although the United States uses the so-called "national security" as an excuse, this practice is actually a typical protectionist act. In the field of electric vehicles, China is already in a leading position. Chinese cars are popular all over the world, relying on technological innovation and excellent quality formed in fierce market competition, rather than other reasons accused by the United States.

In the past period of time, the United States has taken a series of unfair measures against Chinese cars. They imposed high tariffs on Chinese cars, restricted their participation in government procurement, and introduced discriminatory subsidy policies. Now they are trying to set up non-tariff barriers in the name of "national security", which will undoubtedly disrupt and distort the global automotive industry chain supply chain.

From the perspective of the Chinese automotive industry, the proposed management rules of the United States may have many impacts. First, for Chinese automakers that plan to enter or have already made arrangements in the US market, this may make market access more difficult and sales volume affected. Even cars whose software and operating systems are not directly provided by Chinese companies may be affected, because the rules may involve key driving components and other parts of the car.

Secondly, this rule may affect the development of relevant Chinese technology companies. The development of automotive software is a comprehensive industry involving many fields. If the United States imposes restrictions on software developed in China, it will directly affect the market expansion and technological innovation of related companies and weaken China's competitiveness in the field of science and technology.

In the long run, the development of the global automotive industry requires cooperation and exchanges between countries, rather than setting up trade barriers. The United States' protectionist approach under the guise of "national security" may cause some troubles to the Chinese automotive industry in the short term, but in the long run, this behavior that violates market principles will also hinder the development of the US automotive industry itself.

Overall, in the context of the era of globalization, openness, cooperation and win-win are the right path to achieve common development. Only when countries abandon trade protectionism and jointly create a fair and competitive market environment can the sustainable and healthy development of the global automotive industry be promoted.