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Cambodia's Garment Industry Faces Stiff Competition - 2005-01-17


Cambodia's garment industry is in trouble as it faces stiff international competition.

Special trade quotas and privileged access to the United States have expired.

And as a member of the World Trade Organization, Cambodia also must open its markets to imports.

As Kate Woodsome reports from Phnom Penh, thousands of Cambodian women have lost their jobs and the United Nations is concerned many of them will be forced into prostitution

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