Congressman ‘outraged' by report China seeks EV technology swap

U.S. Representative John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, said he is outraged China's government may force automakers to surrender electric-vehicle technology in return for selling cars in the world's most populous nation.

Such a requirement would violate “the sanctity of the intellectual property laws we hold so dear in the United States,” Dingell said in a statement e-mailed today from his Washington office. The step would violate Chinese obligations as a World Trade Organization member, he said.

China is considering the transfer requirement, which would “damage trade relations between our two nations,” Dingell wrote in a letter to Zhang Yesui, the Chinese ambassador to the United