❓WHAT HAPPENED: Nearly a year after a federal raid and investigation over illegal labor practices, Fuyao Glass America—a Chinese-owned auto glass factory—continues to operate in Ohio, undercutting prices and threatening to destroy the state’s native glass industry.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Fuyao Glass America, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Vitro Automotive Glass, Ohio government officials, and the Trump administration.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Fuyao Glass America was raided by federal authorities in 2024, and $126 million in civil forfeiture was seized in 2025 for illegal employment practices. Still, Fuyao Glass America continues to operate, and a number of Ohio glass companies may now be forced to close in 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “They say they want to make America great again—where’s our help?” Chandra Jarvis, a Vitro glassworker in Crestline, Ohio.

🎯IMPACT: The Trump administration is believed to be exploring a number of actions to crack down on foreign companies like Fuyao Glass America; however, these efforts could be derailed if President Donald J. Trump strikes a trade agreement with Beijing.

Outsourcing is no longer the only threat facing American workers, as the ongoing struggles of the Ohio domestic glass industry illustrate in the face of China’s Fuyao Glass America, which set up shop in the state over a decade ago. The glass industry has long been a cornerstone of the Ohio economy—with glass factories operating from Dayton to Cambridge—but the Fuyao situation has seen a foreign company backed by the former President Barack Obama, while receiving Chinese state subsidies and engaging in unlawful labor practices, devastate that industry, leaving Ohio workers asking, “Where’s our help?“

A key supplier to GM, Ford, and Stellantis, Fuyao Glass America, critics allege, threatens U.S. supply chains and has used illegal employment practices to undermine its competitors. Long-standing Ohio glass companies contend that Fuyao Glass America receives generous subsidies from Beijing, allowing the Chinese company to undercut the prices of its native competitors. The lack of federal action against Fuyao has frustrated Ohioans, with a number of the state’s long-standing glass companies facing closure.

“They say they want to make America great again—where’s our help?” Chandra Jarvis, a Vitro glassworker in Crestline, Ohio, said in a recent interview. Notably, the Trump administration is believed to be considering several steps—primarily on national security grounds—to curb the Chinese manufacturing presence in the United States. However, Ohio workers and, more broadly, national security critics of China worry that any federal action could be derailed if President Donald J. Trump strikes a trade deal with Beijing. Notably, Fuyao and other Chinese manufacturers have continued to operate despite federal scrutiny and widespread evidence of illegal activity.

The National Pulse reported in April 2025 that Fuyao Glass America was part of a broader federal investigation into a group of Chinese-owned manufacturers operating in a complex near Dayton, Ohio, accused of illegally importing workers from China. A total of $126 million in assets were seized by federal investigators, who allege the foreign workers, primarily of Chinese and Hispanic origin, were housed in accommodation owned by their employers and transported to work by them. According to authorities, roughly 40 entities were established to facilitate the employment of these people, who entered and stayed in the United States unlawfully or worked without necessary permits.

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