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Hm. "Teachers' unions from around the world have issued a collective warningCRLFabout the potential downsides of globalization, contending that the new global economy based on free trade and deregulation, if left unchecked, threatens the quality of, and access to, education in rich and poor countries alike." Report from Education International in Jomtien, Thailand by Jeff Archer, Education Week, August 8, 2001.

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