Trump administration pushes out official whose unit banned Chinese vehicles, sources say
The Trump administration has pushed out a Commerce Department official whose office effectively barred nearly all Chinese cars from the U.S. market for national security reasons, according to people familiar with the matter.
Elizabeth "Liz" Cannon has resigned as executive director for Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS), an office created in 2022 to investigate threats to the supply chain from foreign adversaries, the people said.
News of Cannon’s impending departure comes shortly after the department dropped a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones despite the risk that U.S. adversaries might remotely access and manipulate the devices, exposing sensitive U.S. data.
