The chair of a U.S. House Committee on China and the top Democrat on the panel urged Volkswagen to halt operations in Xinjiang after thousands of vehicles with a small Chinese-made electronic component were held at U.S. ports. Representative Mike Gallagher, a Republican, and Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to VW CEO Oliver Blume raising "deep concern" about the reports that VW Group models were blocked from entry into the United States because the vehicles "contained parts made by forced labor in" China, according to a copy of the Feb. 21 letter reviewed by Reuters.