Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau means that China uses slave workers in lithium production.
According to Reuters, Trudeau said on Friday (April 28) in a speech at the New York Foreign Relations Commission that Canada has a large number of lithium resources, but China has made strategic choices for decades.Make it far exceeding other countries the world's largest lithium production country.
He said: "Forgive me ... lithium produced in Canada will be more expensive because we do not use slave workers." He continued: "Because we propose that environmental responsibility is what we act in actual expectations to obeyThings. Because we expect to cooperate with the indigenous people to pay their living wages, we hope that there are guarantees and safety standards. "
In November last year, Canada ordered the three Chinese companies to from the key minerals in Canada on the grounds of national security.Withdrawal from capital.China has accused Ottawa with national security as an excuse and said that the withdrawal of capital has violated international business and market rules.
The United States has accused China of implementing forced labor in the mining and construction industries.The US Department of Labor said in the latest report that Chinese companies owns, operate, or fund most cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and say that these mineral production may involve children's workers.
However, China has repeatedly denied the implementation of forced labor.
