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China: Carmakers Implicated in Uyghur Forced Labor, Rights Group Says (www.hrw.org)
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Global carmakers, including General Motors, Tesla, BYD, Toyota, and Volkswagen, are failing to minimize the risk of Uyghur forced labor being used in their aluminum supply chains, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

The 99-page report, “Asleep at the Wheel: Car Companies’ Complicity in Forced Labor in China,” finds that some carmakers have succumbed to Chinese government pressure to apply weaker human rights and responsible sourcing standards at their Chinese joint ventures than in their global operations, increasing the risk of exposure to forced labor in Xinjiang. Most have done too little to map their aluminum supply chains and identify links to forced labor.

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[–] st14@lemmus.org 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why can't something like this be part of a trade agreement between countries? Why push this on the companies?

[–] tesseract@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I wouldn't be surprised if these companies are the reason why this is not part of the trade agreements. As ironic as it is, companies themselves dictate how they are regulated and disciplined.