Transportation
Brazil Halts BYD Site After Workers Found in ‘Slave’ Conditions
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BYD Co. has severed ties with a construction firm after Brazilian authorities halted construction of a new electric-vehicle plant where workers were found working and living in “slavery”-like conditions.
Brazilian authorities on Monday said they had rescued 163 Chinese workers building a new EV factory for BYD in the northeast state of Bahia, and ordered a halt to construction, according to a statement by the Labor Prosecutor’s Office.