Berlin-based NGO, the ECCHR, has filed a landmark complaint with German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) against Germany’s three main automakers (VW, BMW, Mercedes Benz). The NGO accuses the automakers of not taking adequate measures to ‘detect, prevent and eliminate human rights violations found in their supply chains in China’s Xinjiang province,’ in accordance with the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtgesetz – LkSG). “We are calling for a halt
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.