Article 74MHT Hungary investigates forced labor at BYD factory

Hungary investigates forced labor at BYD factory

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editors@theworld.org (Jeremy Siegel)
from The World: Latest Stories on (#74MHT)

Global EV giant BYD is building a new factory in Hungary to bypass tariffs and pump thousands of cheap electric cars into the European market. Hungarian leaders have praised the project as a major investment. But as The World's Transportation Correspondent Jeremy Siegel learned, workers at the plant - many of whom are Chinese migrants flown in on temporary visas - are facing conditions investigators liken to forced labor.

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