U.S. Says BMW, VW And JLR Imported Cars Using Chinese Forced Labor Parts

BMW , VW and JLR found to have used Chinese parts from a supplier the U.S. govt says relies on forced labor Congressional investigation found BMW and JLR continued to import parts even being informed in writing that they were banned LAN transformer components at center of furore are produced in Xinjiang by JWD, and were outlawed in U.S.

It says BMW ignored the warnings and continued to use the banned parts, importing 8,000 Minis fitted with contraband components after the tip-off. JWD is based in Xinjiang in the far west of China, a region known for forced labor practices. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act prevents goods made in in Xinjiang from being imported to the U.S. unless the importer can show that forced labor wasn’t used during production.

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

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