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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Xinjiang refutes forced labor smears in PV factories as US targets another pillar industry
Liu Xin Published: Apr 30, 2021 04:23 PM Updated: Apr 30, 2021 04:51 PM
Solar panels made by a company in Xinjiang s Hami. Photo: Liu Xin/GT
The Xinjiang regional government and local photovoltaic company representatives on Friday refuted Western media s forced labor claims in PV factories as the US now targets another pillar industry with human rights smears.
The photovoltaic industry in China s Uygur Autonomous Region serves the global market and those who want to block and eliminate the industry in the region on untenable forced labor accusations should ask whether the global industrial chain would agree, a representative from a Xinjiang-based photovoltaic company told a press conference on Friday.
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