They have been able to use the proceeds from commodities exporting, combined with their massive and incredibly competitive (cheap) labor forces, to strengthen their domestic finances.

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Australia's governing Labor party has voted to overturn its long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India.

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But you don't have to be in the Philippines long to feel the social toll that this policy of exporting labor also exacts.

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