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Thonton was voluble in his complaints about how western importers played off Chinese factories against each other, driving down their already wafer-thin margins – the result of which, he said, meant that "corners were cut". It was up to the importers, therefore, to check on the safety of the products that they brought into the country, he asserted.
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Or was it perhaps that the EU's system is so utterly worthless that Mr Mair did not want to mention it, for fear of tarnishing the reputation of the Beeb's beloved project? Either way, the "elephant in the room" is alive and kicking - so what price the EU's mission statement that "Consumer policy is a core component of the Commission strategy objective of improving the quality of life of all EU citizens"?
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