Thousands of Volkswagen Group cars are stuck in US ports. Porsche, Bentley and Audi vehicles are being held in the ports.
A Volkswagen supplier found a component in the cars that violated the law against forced labor. The US bans the import of products made using forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur region and other areas of China. VW operates a factory and test track in the province in a joint venture with the state-owned Chinese car manufacturer Saic. The German car company has come under increasing pressure in recent days to follow BASF's lead and withdraw from Xinjiang.