Canada looking to match U.S. ban on Chinese smart car tech: Freeland.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in a press conference that the Canadian government is taking steps to match the proposed ban by the Biden administration on key automotive software and hardware components from China. While Freeland did not provide a specific timeline for when Canada might introduce its own ban, cybersecurity is already a concern in the country's consultations on Chinese automotives. The U.S. ban targets China and Russia and aims to block imports of technologies that pose national security risks, such as those used for autonomous driving and vehicle surveillance. [Extracted from the article]