BMW and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) are the latest manufacturers to land in hot water after the U.S. Senate Finance Committee found they both continued using parts made by a Chinese supplier that has been flagged for forced labor. BMW shipped at least 8,000 Minis containing the part after the company was informed about the … Read more
Two Senate Republicans are urging the Biden administration to investigate Temu, an online marketplace owned by a Chinese parent company. Both Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wrote letters to the Biden administration expressing their concern about Temu and alleged that it has connections to forced labor and intellectual property theft. Cotton’s … Read more
Porsche found itself in a bit of a pickle recently when a bunch of cars that were headed to the U.S. were impounded at the port of entry. Initially, a source told us that it was because they used a microchip that was manufactured in Belarus, which violated international sanctions, but when we contacted Porsche … Read more
