More than 160 workers have been rescued, according to local prosecutors.
  • zante@slrpnk.netEnglish
    13·
    1 day ago

    EV sales in China have been boosted by government subsidies. which encourage consumers to trade their petrol-powered cars for EVs or hybrids.

    But there is a growing backlash abroad against what some see as the Chinese government’s unfair support for domestic car makers.

    Just the bbc doing BBC things

    • esa@discuss.tchncs.de
      3·
      1 day ago

      No, there really is talk of tariffs several places to neutralise the price advantage that the Chinese subsidies result in. The Chinese want to promote their domestic auto industries, but so does any other country with an auto industry.

      • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
        8·
        1 day ago

        Right but it reads very “omg communism Bad cuz it leads to… affordable electric vehicles… please ignore every other country that produces cars also having subsidies.” The US changed its subsidies to only US built EVs and then complains that the Chinese government is making EVs affordable.

        • zante@slrpnk.netEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          When they do it, it’s “subsidies” When we do it, it’s “investment”

          The list of government incentives in the UK is long but If china is doing even more , that’s up to them right ? But it’s always implied it’s some kind of foul play.

  • marcos@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 day ago

    had their passports and salaries withheld by a building company

    Usually “conditions similar to slavery” in Brazil doesn’t imply the people can’t quit their jobs. This is fucking “literal”, not “similar”.

    Also, WTF, importing cheap workers to a job in Brazil is close to absurd. They aren’t allowed to pay less than they would pay a local.