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>The Chinese used practically slave labour to sift through US garbage before they ended the imports

Are we talking about actual slavery, or run of the mill "developing country with poor labor standards"?

China does indeed have poor labor standards. However, Chinese factories aren't really forced to uphold their minimal standards.

Here's an article from a week ago:

The US doesn't have great labor standards either. ~800000 US citizens are slaves in all but name.