Thailand's low factory wages were more than offset by the costs of shipping thousand-pound battery packs across the Pacific.

虽然泰国的劳动报酬低，但却被跨太平洋运输千磅电池组的成本所大大抵消了。

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As the new markets created fortunes for the few, the factory system lowered the wages of workers by dividing labor into smaller, less skilled tasks.

由于新兴市场只给少数人创造财富，工厂体系不得不通过将劳动分割成更小的、技术含量更低的工作来降低工人们的工资。

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For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff competition for workers and upward pressure on wages.

对工厂老板来说，这一切都意味着工人竞争激烈和工资压力上涨。

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Cambodia has benefited in recent years from rising factory wages in China that have pushed some apparel retailers to look for cheaper places to source their products.

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One USCBC survey respondent said his factory raised wages by 20% from 2010, causing labor costs to inflate quickly and make retention more difficult due to an even more aggravated shortage of labor.

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As one factory boss said to me last month, wages for factory workers in China are now five times higher than in Vietnam, so he's moved all his labour-intensive work out of China.

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