Author: bret@eftc.org
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Kamala Harris boosted solar firm linked to Chinese slave labor with nearly $2B in handouts to set up US plant
“You can’t claim to care about human rights while simultaneously sending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to companies that profit from forced labor.” – EFTC Executive Director Bret Manley Kamala Harris boosted solar firm linked to Chinese slave labor with nearly $2B in handouts to set up Georgia plant (nypost.com)
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QCells Gets Tax Credits With Exposure to Forced Labor
“South Korea’s Hanwha says it takes steps to ensure supply-chain integrity at its Qcells plants in Georgia. But it has sourced material from companies with suppliers that US officials have sanctioned over forced labor in China.”
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Is There Forced Labor in Your Supply Chain?
The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its scrutiny of solar companies importing into the United States. Large domestic producers like Hanwha QCells, as reported by the NY Times, “potential exposure to Xinjiang [is] very high, since the company uses undisclosed suppliers in China for the vast majority of its products.” This includes Meike Solar