Trudeau points to 'slave labor' in China lithium production

Trudeau points to 'slave labour' in China lithium production

'We put forward environmental responsibility as something we actually expect to be abided by'

Justin Trudeau says Canadian critical minerals are more expensive than China’s because ‘we don’t use slave labour’

Speaking in New York, Trudeau said modern trade agreements don’t need to “single out or punish bad actors” like China but should enshrine environmental and labour standards that would exclude authoritarian regimes.

Trudeau points to ‘slave labor’ in China lithium

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Trudeau accuses China of using slave labour to produce lithium, while promoting Canada's reserves

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau links the production of lithium in China to "slave labour" and denounces the rise of authoritarianism around the world, calling on democracies to live up to their ideals through trade and foreign policy.

Canada's Trudeau suggests China uses slave labor in lithium production

Lithium Production: Canada has significant sources of lithium, Trudeau said, but China has made strategic choices over the decades that have made it by far the world's largest producer of the lithium used in cell phones and electric vehicles.

Trudeau points to 'slave labor' in China lithium production

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday linked the production of lithium in China to "slave labor" as he discussed his own country's efforts to ramp up