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We also do down our own competitiveness. It should be no surprise to us that Chinese companies such as Huawei are able to outbid British and other western companies, when we later discover that they use a significant amount of slave-made product for which they do not pay any salaries. They are therefore able to keep their costs much lower than western companies— British, European, and even American companies—because those companies are obligated, quite rightly, to pay proper wages to those who make their products. This is also, therefore, a terrible offence in trade terms, not just in human rights terms.