The point I was trying to make is that there is also an economic issue here. If China practises slave or forced labour, as it does on a wide scale, it undercuts all the reasonable labour. One good example is that the UK is desperately trying to get more solar arrays, but the polysilicon that is critical to those is mined in Xinjiang under slave labour conditions. No wonder everybody else is undercut, but we still pay for this.
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Iain Duncan Smith
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 March 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords].
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