China’s EV battery companies CATL and Gotion High Tech source materials from companies banned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) due to forced labor violations, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said on June 6. They’re now calling for both companies to be added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity list.
Both EV battery makers source goods from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), which is on the forced labor list. XPCC is a Chinese Communist Party organization that runs prisons and other industrial operations. The XPCC has been accused of providing prison and forced labor to Chinese companies, including subsidiaries of CATL and Gotion, according to a House Select Committee investigation.
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