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Jul 23 2025
Blog

Transportation Secretary Duffy Recommits to Buy America

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members highlighted concerns that China's state-owned and -supported companies could exploit U.S. infrastructure and transportation projects.
Aug 07 2024
Blog Buy America

Probe Finds Issues with Enforcement of Buy America Rules in Controversial SEPTA Contract

A U.S. Department of Transportation Investigation revealed weaknesses in the procurement guidance given to CRRC MA.
May 27 2024
Blog Infrastructure

House Votes to Close a Loophole That’s Allowed Tax Money to Continue to Flow to a Chinese State-Owned Rail Car Maker

A bipartisan law passed by Congress in 2019 intended to stop taxpayer dollars from being granted to transit makers with ties to China's government.
Apr 29 2024
Blog Infrastructure

Take Action: America’s Tax Money Must Not Fund China’s Buses and Trams at U.S. Airports!

A 2019 law stopped Chinese state-owned and supported firms from bidding on federally funded transit contracts for rail cars and buses. But a loophole is allowing these companies to access tax funds...
Apr 15 2024
Blog Infrastructure

Philadelphia’s SEPTA Transit System Officially Cancels Its Disastrous Rail Car Contract with Chinese State-owned Firm CRRC

SEPTA said the contract to build double-decker rail cars was "terminated for cause." CRRC failed to deliver a single car; the project was four years behind schedule and $50 million over budget.
Apr 02 2024
Blog Infrastructure

The Boston Boondoggle Continues! Transit Agency Agrees to Pay CRRC $148 Million More to Get its Very Delayed Rail Cars

The Chinese-state owned company CRRC already is years behind schedule and way over budget in completing its contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Now MBTA is going to...
Feb 07 2024
Blog National Security

Proposed Rule Aims to Close a Glaring Gap in Freight Rail Security

The SAFE Trains Act, which passed as part of the infrastructure package in 2021, seeks to support Made in America freight rail -- and limit influence of countries of concern, i.e. China.
Dec 11 2023
Blog National Security

Proposed Rule Aims to Make Sure Freight Rail Cars Aren’t Made in China

The Federal Railroad Administration is officially proposing that new freight cars cannot be built in a "country of concern."
May 23 2023
Blog National Security

Congress Gets Closer to Closing an Infrastructure Loophole that Benefits a Chinese State-Owned Firm

Thanks to flawed implementation of the 2019 TIVSA law, four major U.S. cities received a lifetime exemption. That could change soon.
Mar 31 2023
Blog Buy America

Federal Inspectors Visit CRRC Rail Car Factory in Massachusetts

The Federal Transit Administration is investigating whether the company, which is owned by China's government, is meeting Buy America contracts for new rail cars being built for Philadelphia's SEPTA...