Lael Brainard, director of the US National Economic Council, said in a speech on September 23, local time, that the "China shock" of the early 2000s damaged US manufacturing, and the current US administration is determined to avoid a second "China shock." She also noted that if Americans choose to drive an electric vehicle (EV), "we want it to be made in America, not in China." The US Commerce Department on the same day proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in con