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UPDATED 9:56 AM PT — Monday, May 20, 2019
Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer is calling for a federal probe into a plan for a state-owned Chinese company to design railcars for the New York subway. On Sunday, Schumer told reporters he wanted the Commerce Department to conduct a review of the Chinese company CCRC after it won a contest to design New York City railway cars for the Metropolitan Transit Association.
“I am asking tonight for the Commerce Department to do a thorough review of CRRC –the Chinese, state-owned rail company — and make sure that the Chinese government, should tensions escalate between the United States and China, can’t mix in and interfere with the signals, with the WiFi, with the other aspects of running a rail system,” he stated.
FILE – In this May 14, 2019 photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate’s top Democrat wants an investigation into whether a plan for new subway cars in New York City designed by a Chinese state-owned company could pose a threat to national security. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
This comes after the White House officially added the Chinese tech company Huawei to its trading blacklist amid mounting evidence the company is responsible for stealing U.S. information.
CCRC has done business for other U.S. transportation systems in the past, including in Chicago and Los Angeles, and is often able to undersell other companies due to the subsidies it receives from the Chinese government.
A spokesperson for the Chinese metro company told reporters it would only use materials from the U.S. to make the cars, and would welcome an investigation into their security.
https://www.oann.com/sen-schumer-asks-for-probe-into-chinese-rail-tech-company/