Tesla’s announcement that it has opened a showroom in China's Xinjiang region attracts criticism from U.S. rights and trade groups.
“Elon Musk must close Tesla’s Xinjiang showroom,” the Council on American-Islamic RelationsSimilar criticism came from a U.S. trade group, the Alliance for American Manufacturing, and U.S. senator Marco Rubio.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The carmaker operates a factory in Shanghai and is ramping up production there amid surging sales in China.in recent months have been tripped up by tensions between the West and China over Xinjiang, as they try to balance Western pressure with China’s importance as a market and supply base.
In July, Swedish fashion retailer H&M reported a 23 percent drop in local currency sales in China for its March-May quarter after it wasfaced similar calls after telling its suppliers not to source products or labor from Xinjiang, prompting it to apologize for “the trouble caused to our respected Chinese customers, partners and the public.”or blacklists Chinese companies that it says have aided Beijing’s policy there, many foreign brands operate stores there.
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