Sure..........Wasn't it Trump was cancelled US participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership?Did you have to work in a place like this factory?
US Sportswear Traced to Factory in China's Internment Camps
Behind locked gates in China, ethnic minority Muslims are sewing sportswear that can end up on U.S. college campuses and sports teamswww.voanews.com
Love your I Phone?
Life and death in Appleâs forbidden city
In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselveswww.theguardian.com
Lithium-Ion Batteries
ILAB has reason to believe that lithium-ion batteries manufactured in China are produced with an input produced with child labor, specifically cobalt ore mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Cobalt ore from the DRC was added to ILAB’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor in 2009 for child labor. Cobalt is used in the production of nearly all lithium-ion batteries.
The DRC produces the majority of the world’s cobalt. Most cobalt-producing mines in the DRC are owned or financed by Chinese companies. In 2020, China imported $2.17 billion of cobalt from the DRC. Between 49–80 percent of China’s refined cobalt imports are used to produce battery chemicals and components. Global imports of lithium-ion batteries from China were reported to be over $16.5 billion in 2020. Of the $4.3 billion in lithium-ion battery imports to the United States in 2020, 47.22 percent ($2.1 billion) were imported from China.
This research suggests that further downstream products containing lithium-ion batteries may be produced with an input produced with child labor, such as electric cars, laptops, and cell phones.
The Democrats' favorite subsidized industry, of course. Several American billionaires love it no end.
Wasn't it Trump who signed a brand new trade deal with China?