# Lawmakers to seek Senate approval of permanent US ban on Chinese cars

https://mins.news/en/item/72717

- Reuters, 2026-09-24 16:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/lawmakers-seek-senate-approval-permanent-us-ban-chinese-cars-2026-09-24/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab554bff43c0f000136c218

> Sponsors of bipartisan legislation to make the U.S. ban on Chinese vehicles permanent plan to use an expedited procedure to seek Senate approval on Thursday, Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin told Reuters. The move comes as President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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