The focus on BYD follows a 2024 case in which 163 Chinese workers employed by a contractor were found building the automaker’s flagship factory in Brazil under what Brazilian officials described as “slavery-like” conditions.
Seems like BYD deserves to be on the list.
Yeah this is really strategically dumb. People are already more than willing to buy chinese, but this shit really hurts their soft power expansion.
I want affordable EV.
I don’t want the “local factory” to be staffed by imported Chinese slaves.
I think we can have both, as long as someone gives up a small % of profit.
I’d like some details on what “slavery like conditions” consists of. I know what it implies but can they just tell us the actual abuses?
The chinese workers were found crammed into accommodations lacking comfort and hygiene and were surveiled by armed security guards that were preventing the workers from leaving tge place.
Their passports were taken and their work contracts contained illegal clauses like exaustive work hours and no rest days.Source: https://g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/noticia/2025/05/27/mpt-processa-montadora-chinesa-byd.ghtml
Thank you.
His dismissal, made official in Monday’s official gazette, is the latest flashpoint in a crisis between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government and the traditionally independent inspectors who target serious labor abuses. Marinho has previously been accused of interfering in their work to keep big companies off the list.
Brazil’s Labor Ministry said the dismissal was “an administrative act,” without providing further details. Mello did not reply to a request for comment.
