Mercedes Benz ki America mein bikri par lag sakta hai rok kyunki Chinese hissedari hai had se zyada

America ki sarkar ne gaadiyon ko lekar ek naya aur sakht bill taiyar kiya hai, jo duniya ki mashhoor luxury car company Mercedes-Benz ki mushkilen badha sakta hai. U.S. Senate Commerce Committee ne ‘Connected Vehicle Security Act’ ko manzoori di hai, jiska maqsad Chinese automakers aur unki takneek ko American market se door rakhna hai. Is naye kanoon ke mutabiq, agar kisi car company mein 15 pratishat (percent) se zyada hissedari Chinese entities ki hai, to unhe America mein gaadiyan bechne ki ijazat nahi di jayegi.

Mercedes-Benz ke liye yeh ek badi chunauti ban gayi hai. Company mein Chinese hissedari milakar lagbhag 20 pratishat tak pahunchti hai. Isme sarkari company BAIC ki 9.98 pratishat aur Geely ke founder Li Shufu ki 9.69 pratishat ki bhagidari shamil hai. Yeh ankada naye prastavit 15 pratishat ki seema se kaafi zyada hai. Is bill ke tahat, agar yeh kanoon lagoo hota hai, to Mercedes ko apni ownership structure badalne ke liye 2030 tak ka waqt diya ja sakta hai.

American senators ka kehna hai ki aajkal ki ‘connected vehicles’ mein aisa hardware aur software hota hai jo desh ki suraksha ke liye khatra ban sakta hai. Senator Elissa Slotkin ne to yahan tak keh diya ki Chinese gaadiyan ek tarah se ‘surveillance packages on wheels’ hain. Is bill ka maksad sirf gaadiyan hi nahi, balki China se aane wali battery systems jaise CATL ke purzon par bhi rok lagana hai.

Mercedes-Benz is waqt is kanoon ko naram karane ke liye lobbying kar rahi hai. Company ka tark hai ki unka koi bhi ek shareholder 10 pratishat se zyada ka malik nahi hai. Halanki, American lawmakers is baat se sehmat nahi hain aur wo abhi bhi is mudde par gambhir charcha kar rahe hain. Sambhavna hai ki ya to ownership cap ko badhakar 25 pratishat kiya jaye ya fir national security ke adhaar par naye niyam banaye jayen. Filhal, Mercedes ke liye yeh ek bada jhatka ho sakta hai agar wo apni ownership mein badlav nahi karti hai.