Is Globalization Wiping Out the American Surfboard Industry?
Clip: 3/21/2013 | 10m 52s
Is Globalization Wiping Out the American Surfboard Industry?
Economic correspondent Paul Solman reports on an American-born product hit hard by globalization: the surfboard. In Southern California, U.S.-based manufacturers fear they will soon be wiped out by competing, foreign companies due to discrepancies in labor costs and duty taxes.
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Is Globalization Wiping Out the American Surfboard Industry?
Clip: 3/21/2013 | 10m 52s
Economic correspondent Paul Solman reports on an American-born product hit hard by globalization: the surfboard. In Southern California, U.S.-based manufacturers fear they will soon be wiped out by competing, foreign companies due to discrepancies in labor costs and duty taxes.
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