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Thai shrimp business ‘one foot in grave, other on banana peel’ on labor issue

The drop in US imports seen this year are one thing, but Thailand is in danger of losing even more business if it can't sort out its labor issues, sources in Thailand and the US say

By Tom Seaman | Nov. 13, 2012 16:33 GMT
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With US sales plummeting, disease hitting farms and the prospect of being classified with North Korea and Iran by the US on labor abuses, 2012 is proving a tough year for the Thai shrimp business [...]

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