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Writer calls for more
domestic production to
stop reliance on China

To The Editor,

Shipping from China is backed up and will affect the economy this year and in the future.
America should produce these products at home, reducing the need for goods to be shipped and reducing our alarming dependency on China.

Gerry Welch
Cooperstown

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