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Nearly ten percent of the world's aluminium, a key element in car manufacturing, is produced in China's Xinjiang region (Photo: Unsplash)

MEP: Slave-labour burden of proof should be on companies

The responsibility should be on companies to prove there is no risk of state-imposed forced labour in their supply chains, not national authorities, leading MEP Samira Rafaela has told EUobserver in an interview, saying the European Parliament is "on the right side" in calling for a reversal of the planned burden of proof in high-risk areas and sectors.

"There are so many examples where we don't need evidence anymore," she s...

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

Nearly ten percent of the world's aluminium, a key element in car manufacturing, is produced in China's Xinjiang region (Photo: Unsplash)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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