word | | Industries |
textiles
 map | United Kingdom | machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods |
textiles
map | Uruguay | food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages |
textiles
map | Uzbekistan | textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, mining, hydrocarbon extraction, chemicals |
textiles
map | Venezuela | petroleum, construction materials, food processing, textiles; iron ore mining, steel, aluminum; motor vehicle assembly |
textiles
map | Virgin Islands | tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics |
textiles
map | West Bank | small-scale manufacturing, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs |
textiles
map | Zambia | copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture |
| the accelerated development of new industrial | World | dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems |
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