Zero answers on inclusion of Chinese EV batteries in forced labour ban
“I cannot confirm what will be on the list,” Foreign Minister Anita Anand told foreign affairs committee on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Anita Anand couldn’t say whether Ottawa’s approval of nearly 300,000 Chinese-made EV batteries would comply with its own forced-labour import ban, saying the government still hasn’t decided what will actually be on the prohibited list.
Pressed in committee, Anand said the list will be finalized “later this fall,” leaving key questions about enforcement unanswered as concerns and U.S. pressure mount over forced labour in Chinese supply chains.
During the Commons foreign affairs committee, Anand was asked by Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe whether the Carney government planned on including said batteries, which have been found to have been produced with forced labour.
