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Pandas, Parts, and Paranoia: Why Chinese Cars Don’t Sit Right in Detroit

September 25, 2026

WJR 760 AM

Sept. 24, 2026

‘JR Morning

Chris Renwick, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds talk with Sandy K. Baruah, Detroit Regional Chamber Chief Executive Officer, about Chinese auto manufacturing and national security.

“China has an incredibly subsidized auto industry,” Baruah said. “They are dumping cars… producing a product at below market-rate prices, being subsidized by their national government, and then exporting those products into other countries.”

 

Listen to the full interview.