General Motors and Ford would need to stop importing vehicles to the US from China under a proposed rule cracking down on Chinese software and hardware, a US Commerce Department official has told Reuters. The rule would also affect other automakers selling or building vehicles in the US, such as Volvo Cars and BYD, the report said.

General Motors and Ford Motor would need to stop importing vehicles to the U.S. from China under a proposed rule cracking down on Chinese software and hardware, a U.S. Commerce Department official told Reuters Monday.

GM and Ford are aware, the official said, that "going forward" production in China for the U.S. market "would need to be shut down in China and moved elsewhere."