Midwest Firms Get Boost From China Market

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › November 26, 2006

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GREENVILLE, Ohio -- Eight years ago, China was just another foreign country on the map to farmer Bill Funderburg. Now, the Chinese buy nearly half of the 3,000 breeding hogs he raises each year on his western Ohio farm.

"They're our No. 1 customer," he said. "Lately, it's been very, very good."

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Midwest Firms Get Boost From China Market

The Chinese boom is translating into jobs at Rust Belt communities that have taken their economic lumps, even as critics point to a trade gap with China that is projected to grow 12 percent to $228 billion this year. China also has t...

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