Ford Motor Co. denied a news report that it has held talks with Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. about bringing Chinese car technology to the U.S. market.

A Ford spokesperson told Bloomberg News that no such talks have happened or are happening with any Chinese carmaker about technology sharing or platform sharing in the U.S.

A Geely representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Wall Street Journal earlier on Friday reported that Ford and Geely had previously discussed potentially extending a European tie-up the companies are negotiating to America. The discussions began last year but have stalled in recent months, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter that it didn’t identify.

Ford has held discussions with Geely involving the Chinese company potentially using an underutilized plant in Spain that’s owned by the U.S. carmaker, Bloomberg reported in February.

Those talks are ongoing, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified discussing private plans. There are no discussions underway involving the U.S. market, the people said.

The prospect of China entering the U.S. auto industry has drawn growing attention as companies such as Geely and BYD Co. have expanded around the world and gained footholds in U.S. neighbors Mexico and Canada.

But Chinese carmakers face significant barriers, including steep tariffs on their electric vehicles and technology prohibitions, that have effectively shut them out of the U.S. market.

U.S. auto executives view China’s carmakers as an existential threat due to their tech-laden, low-cost vehicles that have benefited from significant government support.

Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley last week said allowing China’s automakers to sell their vehicles in the U.S. would be “devastating” to domestic manufacturing.

“We should not let them into our country,” Farley said April 13 on Fox News.

Farley separately told reporters days later that U.S. government and industry leaders need to “really figure out our policy” on how Chinese automakers could eventually be granted access to U.S. market.

“Having a plan before we go fast, either on local production or on imports into the U.S. from China, is the most important moment,” Farley said. “We’re in that moment right now.”

Trump administration officials appear reluctant to remove current barriers to Chinese cars. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick earlier this month dismissed the possibility of Chinese investment in the U.S. auto industry.

“We’re not going to have them here,” Lutnick said.

(With assistance from Gabrielle Coppola.)

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