Wyden presses BMW for ‘straight answers’ on links to banned supplier

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) is demanding detailed information from BMW about its due diligence practices and its use of parts from a supplier alleged to use forced labor. Democratic committee staff members since late 2022 have been probing automakers’ supply chains following a report by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University that alleged links between some automakers and suppliers that use forced labor in the Uyghur region of China. In a report on that effort released last month,...