{
  "id": 14962847,
  "title": "Anti-China protectionism backfiring on American carmakers’ EV plans: analyst",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/anti-china-protectionism-backfiring-on-american-carmakers-ev-plans",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T13:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3371167/anti-china-protectionism-backfiring-american-carmakers-ev-plans-analyst"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While Washington’s efforts to block Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) were originally intended to protect its domestic automotive industry, they have sparked concerns the strategy is hurting America’s carmaking competitiveness. With a lack of a coherent industrial policy discouraging long-term investment, the protectionist approach was backfiring on Detroit’s EV transition, said David Zhang, a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}