A bipartisan group of legislators urges the country’s two neighbors to use U.S. law as a model to keep out imports that can be traced to China’s Xinjiang region.

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."

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.

Workforce reductions in Illinois and Iowa have spurred concerns from Republicans that the iconic American firm is aiming to shift production overseas.

The GOP candidate says he'll impose 200 percent duties on equipment made in Mexico and sold into the United States.

John Deere announced earlier this year that it would lay off over 800 workers across factories in Illinois and Iowa.