On June 17th the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a discussion on trade preferences for least developed countries (LDCs) with H.E. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Congressman Jim McDermott.  Carnegie’s Sandra Polaski moderated the discussion.

While some level of dislocation is inevitable in an era of globalization, a comprehensive vision of promoting employment calls for supporting workers through these periods of transition. Unfortunately, the current US safety net for dislocated workers has more holes than net.