Canada is looking at banning Chinese-made software in vehicles after the US took steps toward doing so, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday.

Biden's proposal also calls for barring Chinese software or self-driving cars from testing or deployment, effectively creating a trade barrier that could protect U.S. EV pioneer T

The proposed ban on Chinese software would apply to cars with a model year of 2027, the US Department of Commerce said, with the hardware ban coming into effect in the 2030 model

While there is minimal Chinese and Russian software deployed in the U.S, the issue is more complicated for hardware.

The Biden-Harris administration proposed a new regulation to prohibit auto software and hardware made in China from being used in cars on U.S. roads over national security concerns.

The US is planning to ban certain hardware and software made in China and Russia from cars, trucks and buses in the US due to security risks. Officials said they were worried that the technology in question,