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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.

03/21/2013

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