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332 | How the Congo's Cobalt Fuels Electric Vehicles, Batteries, and Modern-Day Slavery with Siddharth Kara

The Realignment

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Cobalt Supply Chain

The informal substrate of supply chains is where you find child labor and forced labor. At least 30% of the cobalt that's ultimately exported from the Congo comes from this part of the chain, he says. "I'm offering any one of them right here right now, if they're listening, I will go see the bottom of your supply chain together," Obama adds.

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