Manchin Slams Biden’s EV Tax Credit Rules as Soft on China (1)

New rules from the Biden administration to limit a lucrative consumer tax credit for electric vehicles that contain ingredients from China and other foreign adversaries drew the wrath of Senator Joe Manchin, who said the requirements were fraught with loopholes.

The Treasury Department rules “are another example of the Biden administration clearly breaking the law to try to implement a bill that it could not pass,” the West Virginia senator said Friday in an emailed statement. “This administration is, yet again, trying to find workarounds and delays that leave the door wide open for China to benefit off the ...