GM cuts Thai workforce by 15% amid fierce competition

Over 300 jobs trimmed as sales sink despite expanding market

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General Motors will lay off more than 300 employees at plants like this one in Thailand's Rayong Province. © Reuters

YOHEI MURAMATSU, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- General Motors has eliminated over 300 jobs at plants in Thailand, reducing its labor force there by 15% as it struggles to break through in a market dominated by Japanese rivals.

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