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Cambodia Strives to Compete in Global Textile Market

Anticipating the Jan. 1 end to restrictions on textile exports to Europe and North America, Cambodia has been trying to put a labor-friendly face on its crucial garment industry, which stands to lose ground against stiff competition when the quota system is lifted. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

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Michael Sullivan is NPR's Senior Asia Correspondent. He moved to Hanoi to open NPR's Southeast Asia Bureau in 2003. Before that, he spent six years as NPR's South Asia correspondent based in but seldom seen in New Delhi.