As Canada prepares to accept more Chinese-made electric vehicles into the country, a U.S. senator is warning that although Canada-U.S. ties are strained, Canadian officials should be cautious when making agreements with China’s government.
“I understand that Canada is looking elsewhere and trying to diversify,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin said.
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“Jjust because we [the U.S.] have become more difficult doesn’t mean the Chinese are always the straightest shooters when it comes to national security,” Slotkin [said].
The Michigan senator, also a former CIA officer, explained her concerns with a Chinese-made EV sending back 3D video and geolocation data, which could be “hacked back to Beijing.”
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“They’re national security issues, not just economic security issues,” Slotkin said. She and a Republican senator from Ohio have also introduced a bill banning the import, sale and operation of vehicles manufactured in China.
Slotkin’s security concerns echo those made by other Canadian officials — including Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Ontario Premier Doug Ford — and some Canadian experts.
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Over the last decade, China has passed a series of national security and intelligence laws that oblige Chinese companies to co-operate with the government when asked. A similar law in the U.S., called the Cloud Act, compels American technology companies to share data gathered in foreign countries with the government if asked.
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i dont give a wooden nickel what elissa slotkin thinks
They do more business with China than we do, she needs to give her head a shake. We are a sovereign nation, we don’t need lectures from Americans on how we conduct ourselves on the world stage, though i think they could use one.
We need to be wary of China but I don’t really care to hear about it from the US.
Hard to think of a better reason for Canada to improve ties with China than fascists down south being upset about it.
We don’t give a fuck what the US “thinks”.
Yeah, but whatever the US thinks, China for sure isn’t a better partner, probably still even worse.
yea, but at least we got the pacific ocean between us and China
We’re stuck on the same rock as the yanks, who until recently at least seemed ok
The yanks were never ok, but people here just chose to look the other way because the atrocities were committed against the global south. Now that Canada finds itself on the menu, people are all of a sudden discovering that we’re next to a fascist state.
I agree
China is demonstrably better than the US in every way imaginable scrotty.
At least we know where we stand with China.
Oh, yeah, we do know where we stand. The Chinese envoy to Canada has already ‘warned’ Canada to send MPs to Taiwan, just to name an example. The coercion and bullying has already begun. China is a dictatorship and doesn’t care about agreements. It’s at least as unreliable as the U.S.
Ah yes, China not wanting Canada to interfere in their internal affairs is coercion now. It’s like saying it would be coercion if China started funding and arming a separatist movement in Quebec and Canada warned against that.
Would you accept the US sending members of congress to meet with Danielle Smith and encourage Alberta separatists?
Aren’t they already doing that?
The US definitely is! Maybe not sending members of Congress as far as I know, but fully supporting separatists. That’s why I asked OP if they accept it, since they seem to be up in arms about China pulling a stink about Canada doing the same with Taiwan.
We’ve gotten those warnings before. The question is do they stick to their trade deals when we disagree on foreign policy.
The question is do they stick to their trade deals when we disagree on foreign policy.
No, they don’t. As seen literally everywhere in the world.
You’re talking about the US right now?
Oh, a troll.
US: “Hey Canada, don’t let China fuck you raw. That’s our job!”.
