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Rights group warns major carmakers over risk of forced labor in China supply chains

An SAIC Volkswagen plant is seen in the outskirts of Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says.

The U.S.-based nonprofit linked some of the world's largest car manufacturers to aluminum allegedly produced with forced labor by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's western Xinjiang region and other parts of the country.

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