A spokesperson for Chinese automaker BYD has objected to reports about poor conditions at a construction site in Brazil where it is building a factory, saying the allegations were aimed at “smearing” China and Chinese brands.

The authorities in Brazil have halted the construction of an electric car factory by the Chinese corporation BYD after an inspection revealed slave-like working conditions. Workers were found sleeping on beds without mattresses,

China's Jinjiang Group faces accusations by Brazil's labor authorities of human trafficking and slavery-like conditions at a BYD factory in Brazil. Jinjiang denies these allegations and claims misunderstandings.

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil has stopped issuing temporary work visas for BYD, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, in the wake of accusations that some workers at a site owned by the Chinese electric vehicle producer had been victims of human trafficking.

Authorities in Brazil said Friday they were probing Chinese auto giant BYD and one of its contractors for suspected "trafficking" of Chinese workers who were building a factory in the