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Global shift

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the intentional relocation of industrial activity, especially manufacturing

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Problems of Global shift

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Child labour
Long working hours
Dangerous working conditions
Unequal pay
(But as countries develop, they tend to invest more into improving these problems.)
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History of the Global shift

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Since 1990s these industries have been moving out of Europe and into Asia, south America and Africa due to outsourcing and offshoring and new business start-ups.