WASHINGTON, May 21 — A US congressional investigation released yesterday found that carmakers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen had used components from a Chinese supplier...
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The report by the Senate Finance Committee said BMW had produced and imported vehicles with parts “presumptively made with forced labour,” while Jaguar Land Rover imported parts with the same issues. “Automakers’ self-policing is clearly not doing the job,” said the Senate Finance Committee’s Democratic chairman Ron Wyden at the end of the two-year probe.He called on US customs officials to boost enforcement and “crack down on companies that fuel the shameful use of forced labour in China.”
Volkswagen disclosed earlier this year that a shipment of its vehicles for the United States included parts made by a blacklisted supplier, and arranged to replace the components before the cars entered the country. BMW was also found to have “imported thousands of vehicles intended for the United States that included parts banned under UFLPA,” the committee said.
In response to AFP queries, BMW said it has “taken steps to halt the importation of affected products and will be conducting a service action with customer and dealer notification for affected motor vehicles.”
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