A congressional investigation found that BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen purchased parts that originated from a Chinese supplier flagged by the United States for participating in forced labor programs in Xinjiang, a far western region of China where the local population is subject to mass surveillance and detentions.
Both BMW and Jaguar Land Rover continued to import components made by the Chinese company into the United States in violation of American law, even after they were informed in writing about the presence of banned products in their supply chain, the report said.
BMW shipped to the United States at least 8,000 MINI vehicles containing the part after the Chinese supplier was added in December to a U.S. government list of companies participating in forced labor.
Volkswagen took steps to correct the issue.
Jaguar Land Rover also received the letter from Lear in January, but told the committee its North American subsidiary was not informed about it, according to the report.
The company continued importing the JWD component until shortly after April 22, when Lear reiterated the information to Jaguar Land Rover.
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Forced Labor in China's Social Credit Scoring System.
Everyone must do voluntary works to earn social credit points, babies included —— If your score gets too low, Chinese government will deduct your benefit, pension, even salary..
The Social Credit System is a slavery system.
@CynicalR3publicDemocrat2yrs2Y
You can lose 50 social credit points for just one social media post (deemed unacceptable by Chinese government),
and ''8 hours voluntary work'' only gains you 2 points.
So you need to do 200 hours voluntary work to get back your lost 50 points (for just one social media post)
@Madeline12082yrs2Y
sorry to burst your bubble but the whole "Social credit" thing was just a theoretical concept and has never been put into practice
@Freedom762yrs2Y
No, it is in place in China.
@Madeline12082yrs2Y
have you been to China?
I have and the "social credit system" doesn't exist
@Freedom762yrs2Y
Funny, you've had quite a few bubbles bursted lately
The usa could use some of this, for the disgusting cities. Is it really so bad to put in a couple of days of volunteer work to clean up your city???
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How important is it for you that the products you buy are made ethically, compared to how they perform or look?
@9MM4Q5P2yrs2Y
It is heavily important as before toys were made with lead paint which caused many to die. I don't want history to repeat itself.
looks like after Dachau got shut down BMW had to look further afield for genocide victims to exploit as laborers
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