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China's electric vehicle battery supply chain shows signs of forced labor, report says

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By Abigail Ng

Key Points

  • Chinese companies that produce raw materials for electric vehicle batteries show signs of using forced labor, according to a report from The New York Times.
  • Xinjiang Nonferrous Metal Industry is a company that produces minerals and metals, including lithium, nickel and copper. It has exported metals to the U.S., Germany, U.K., Japan and India, the Times reported.
  • The report was published on the eve of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act taking effect in the United States. The legislation bans goods made with forced labor in Xinjiang from entering the U.S. market.

Hundreds of Uyghurs are working for a mining conglomerate that produces raw materials for electric vehicles as part of a so-called work transfer program in China, the New York Times reported.

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Chinese companies that produce raw materials for electric vehicle batteries show indications of using forced labor, according to a report from The New York Times.

The newspaper reported that mining conglomerate Xinjiang Nonferrous Metal Industry employs hundreds of Uyghurs, an ethnic minority in China, as part of a so-called work transfer program.

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