Most likely there wouldn’t be a hard ban, just Chinese cars are banned from government procurement programs, which shouldn’t hurt them as all foreign cars are excluded in practice.
You don’t see a Toyota or Mercedes police car, and neither companies are struggling.
What might exist is social and peer pressure to not buy one. It might be effective in the heartlands, but costal cities especially ones with high immigrant populations probably won’t care. People want a quality car at a good price.
Specially targeting Chinese brands for being Chinese would most likely be a significant escalation that results in retaliation.
China is GM’s largest market and Tesla and Ford’s second largest market, they have significant leverage if they choose to retaliate in kind.
Most likely there wouldn’t be a hard ban, just Chinese cars are banned from government procurement programs, which shouldn’t hurt them as all foreign cars are excluded in practice.
You don’t see a Toyota or Mercedes police car, and neither companies are struggling.
What might exist is social and peer pressure to not buy one. It might be effective in the heartlands, but costal cities especially ones with high immigrant populations probably won’t care. People want a quality car at a good price.