And Its Labour Cheap

Cheap labour may make Chinese clothing competitive in America, but if delays in shipment lie up working capital and cause winter coats to arrive in spring, trade may lose its advantages.

廉价的劳动力可能会使中国的服装在美国具有竞争力，但是如果运输的延迟会占用营运资金，导致冬季大衣在春季到货，那么贸易就会失去优势。

The fact that many of its production facilities are in areas with cheap labour such as southern China has made Hon Hai sensitive to media coverage of its plants and treatment of its workers.

鸿海许多工厂都设在劳动力价格低廉的地区，如中国南方，因此该公司对媒体有关其工厂和工人待遇的报道极为敏感。

Its companies have also made less use of cheap central European Labour: the region supplies France with only 5.5% of its imports of base and intermediate goods, compared with 18% for Germany.

国内企业也没有充分利用中欧的廉价劳动力：法国从这些地区进口的基础商品和中间商品只占总进口额的5.5%，而德国则达18%。