Overview
- CARB Chair Lauren Sanchez praised Canada’s pact to admit capped Chinese EVs, calling it a boost to phasing out gas cars and a sign the Trump administration is acting alone on EV policy.
- Under the deal, Canada will allow up to 49,000 Chinese-made EVs a year at about a 6.1% tariff, replacing a 100% surtax in exchange for Chinese cuts on canola duties.
- President Donald Trump threatened 100% tariffs on Canadian exports if Ottawa proceeds, warning against Canada becoming a back door for low-cost Chinese vehicles.
- Sanchez linked the recent U.S. EV sales slump to the end of the $7,500 federal credit, as California moves to maintain demand with a $200 million state incentive program.
- The agreement is intensifying regional rifts, with Ontario’s premier urging a boycott of Chinese EVs and California preparing legal pushback as Washington curbs CARB’s authority.