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Lesotho Textile Industry Feels Effect of New Trade Rules

New trade rules lifting quotas on garment exports are having an impact for many countries. One such country is the tiny African nation of Lesotho, where six factories have closed and some 6,000 workers have lost their jobs.

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Jason Beaubien is NPR's Global Health and Development Correspondent on the Science Desk.