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Cambodia garment workers face uncertain future as trade privileges end
Cambodian garment workers, 90 percent women, may lose the edge that drew global brands like Gap and Nike, as the 1999 low-tariff deal ends when Cambodia joins the WTO next year. Factories hope to pivot to a socially conscious niche with ILO monitors ending in 2005 and brands expanding in China and India.
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Potikandok
Cambodia
Paon
Lai Kheang
Gap
Nike
Garment Manufacturers’ Association
Phnom Penh
H&m
Columbia Sportswear
United States
World Trade Organization
India
China
Ken Loo
Michael Keller
U.S
ILO
van Heerden
Bangladesh