Can a Chinese Car Company Make It in America?

中国汽车公司能在美国立足吗?

WSJ What’s News

2026-01-09

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P.M. Edition for Jan. 8. Geely, one of China’s biggest automakers, expects to announce plans about a U.S. expansion within the next three years. But WSJ autos reporter Ryan Felton says it would run up against political opposition and other challenges. Plus, the Trump administration defends the ICE officer who yesterday shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. We hear from Journal national affairs reporter Joe Barrett about the protests on the ground in Minneapolis. And Iran’s internet is almost completely shut down amid widespread protests. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The vice president defends the ICE agent who killed a woman in Minneapolis.

  • Plus, Chinese car company Geely is considering a big push in the U.S.

  • We'll look at the challenges in its way.

  • There was just a congressional hearing a few weeks ago about what was described as China's threat to the American auto industry.

  • The top lobbying group is urging the Trump administration to prevent Chinese companies from coming here.

  • Given that political reality, it's not just tariffs that might be the thing that holds it up.

  • And Iran's internet shuts down amid widespread unrest.

  • It's Thursday, January 8th.

  • I'm Alex O'Sullivan for The Wall Street Journal.

  • This is the PM edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • In Minneapolis,

  • there's a deepening political divide after an ICE officer yesterday shot and killed a 37-year-old woman,

  • Renee Nicole Good.

  • The Trump administration says the agent fired in self-defense after Good tried to run over officers,

  • but state and city officials dispute that version of events.

  • Videos from the scene have raised questions about whether Good was trying to flee rather than harm someone.

  • Now, Minnesota officials say the FBI has shut them out of the investigation into the shooting.

  • Governor Tim Walls, a Democrat,

  • said an investigation that doesn't include state law enforcement can't be trusted.