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The EU should not only focus on tariffs as the sole aspect of trade imo, but also raise the issue of state-imposed forced labor in China's EV industry, which significantly contributes to cheap Chinese EVs, as well as other violations of human rights abuses there. Among others, this requires unhindered access to Chinese plants across the supply chain for independent audits. Volkswagen itself admitted a few weeks ago that "no full supply chain transparency exists".
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volkswagen-audit-xinjiang-site-found-no-signs-forced-labour-2023-12-05/
Volkswagen statement in May following accusations of forced labour in the Xinjiang plant (operated by VW's joint venture with SAIC)
Meanwhile, VW had left the joint venture over forced labour accusations.
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