{"id":151988,"date":"2026-07-29T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151988"},"modified":"2026-07-26T00:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:31:17","slug":"u-ssha-mozhut-zaboronyty-prodazh-mercedes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/u-ssha-mozhut-zaboronyty-prodazh-mercedes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz Could Face Sales Restrictions in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"288\">Mercedes-Benz could face restrictions in the U.S. market under a proposed bill that would prohibit the sale of vehicles produced by companies in which Chinese investors hold more than a 15% stake, according to Bild.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"643\">Mercedes-Benz has two major Chinese shareholders. Approximately 10% of the company&#8217;s shares are owned by Chinese automaker BAIC, while another nearly 10% are held by businessman Li Shufu. The company argues that it would not fall under the proposed restrictions because no single Chinese shareholder owns more than 10% of its shares.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"879\">Mercedes also emphasized its significant contribution to the U.S. economy, noting that its operations support approximately 160,000 jobs across the country, including manufacturing facilities in Alabama and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"1214\">The proposed legislation is currently being discussed by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Republican Senator Ted Cruz has criticized the proposed 15% ownership threshold, arguing that it could provide an unfair competitive advantage to American automakers, including General Motors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1441\">At the same time, the bill&#8217;s sponsors have stated that they do not intend to ban Mercedes-Benz vehicles outright. The proposed legislation would allow automakers to apply to the U.S. Department of Commerce for exemptions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1443\" data-end=\"1599\">In addition to Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and BMW could also be affected by the proposed regulations due to their cooperation with Chinese suppliers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1694\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The United States is currently the second-largest market for Mercedes-Benz worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151989,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151988","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151988"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151988"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}