Word: charleroi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Steel. In steel-producing regions such as France's Lorraine, Belgium's Charleroi and Liège, West Germany's Saarland, south Wales, northern England, and Scotland, unemployment is sharply higher than national averages. Over the past three years, 61,000 jobs have been lost in the industry, leaving a worried work force...