Brazil says workers at China's BYD site are victims of human trafficking
Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking, Brazilian labor authorities said on Thursday in a growing controversy in BYD's biggest overseas market.
BYD contractor denies ‘slavery-like conditions’ claims by Brazilian authorities
Jinjiang Group, a contractor for giant Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, said Thursday that Brazilian authorities’ portrayal of its employees as “enslaved” was inconsistent with the facts and that there were translation misunderstandings.
Like its rival Tesla, BYD makes and sells a range of products alongside its electric vehicles, from solar panels to buses.
A task force said it had rescued 163 Chinese nationals who were working in “slavery-like” conditions at BYD’s construction ...
BYD Co Ltd overtook Tesla Inc in Q4 2023 as the world's biggest battery electric vehicle seller. Tesla, however, took back ...
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