Western auto supply chain has been linked to labor abuse of Chinese Uyghurs

A new report issued by a team of researchers led by Laura T. Murphy (a professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at the U.K.’s Sheffield Hallam University) has made a disheartening conclusion.

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Netherlands to slow down exports of chipmaking equipment to China

The Dutch foreign trade ministry and the White House’s National Security Council, while declining to comment officially, seem to have struck up a deal.

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The Netherlands isn’t submitting to the United States’ chip industry interests

Dutch officials have refused the White House’s not-so-subtle attempts to curtail The Netherlands’ sale of chipmaking equipment to China.

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California has a plan and the world is looking to follow it

California’s CALSTART Drive to Zero program aims for 100% of new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2040.

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The EU & the US are going head-to-head over the Inflation Reduction Act

In the recently-passed IRA bill, the United States is offering tax benefits to those renewable energy companies operating domestically.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren takes a stand against Big Tech

She made her case in a six-page letter to the United States’ top antitrust enforcers, including Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, and Jonathan Kanter, who heads up the antitrust division of the Justice Department.

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