一些公司认为通过使用添加剂，他们可以降低成本，或提高利润，他们根本没有想过这样做对消费者有什么样的影响。Ross说。

Some companies see that by using additives, they can cut overhead costs or boost profit margins, and they merely aren't thinking about the affects the additives will have on consumers, Mr. Ross says.

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这种进度指标是业务指标：就像销售量、利润率或成本消减。

The measure of progress is a business measure: like the number of sales, profit margins, or cost cuttings.

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由于中国劳动力成本和土地价格大幅上涨，为了保持合理利润空间，跨国公司不得不转投生产更高附加值的商品，或把目光转回国内市场。

Rising labor and land costs mean foreign companies in China must either increase the value-added content of their products to increase profit margins, or sell to the domestic market.

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