Wyden ramps up probe into auto industry diligence on forced labor

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) is expanding an investigation into automotive supply chains after major automakers told him they often entrust their suppliers with ensuring they are not sourcing materials made with forced labor, his office said on Tuesday. Wyden last December fired off probing letters to eight major automakers following a report issued by researchers at the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University “that found links between Chinese companies operating in Xinjiang and...