Canada’s Trudeau suggests China uses slave labour in lithium production
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday suggested that China uses slave labour in the production of lithium as he discussed Canada’s efforts to ramp up production of the critical metal used in electric vehicle and other batteries.
Canada has significant sources of lithium, Trudeau said, but China has made strategic choices over the decades that have made it by far the world’s largest producer of the lithium used in cellphones and electric vehicles. “Because we put forward environmental responsibility as something we actually expect to be abided by. Because we count on working with, in partnership with indigenous peoples, paying their living wages, expecting security and safety standards.”The United States has alleged use of forced labour by China in sectors including mining and construction. Last year, a U.S. law took effect banning imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labour.
In December, the United Auto Workers union called on automakers to shift their entire supply chain out of China’s Xinjiang region after a report by Britain’s Sheffield Hallam University suggested that nearly every major automaker has significant exposure to products made with forced labour.
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