Major Automakers Imported Cars With Parts Linked to Forced Labor in China, Senate Probe Finds

BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen AG purchased parts from a Chinese supplier sanctioned for using forced labor, a report detailing findings of a probe by the Senate suggests.

The probe, launched by the Senate Finance Committee two years ago, discovered that some of these parts have been used in vehicles imported to the United States even after automakers assured the committee that they have “robust compliance programs” to prevent components made with forced labor from entering their supply chains.

According to the report released on Monday, the three automakers bought LAN transformers—a module that connects a vehicle’s electronics—manufactured by Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group (JWD), a Chinese company flagged for relying on the forced labor of Uyghur Muslims in China’s far western region of Xinjiang.

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