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‘With all the fun and games going on between President Trump and the Chinese ... the retailers out of the US are not really ordering clothing and unfortunately everybody is adopting a wait-and-see attitude which has a knock-on effect on the selling prices [of dissolving wood pulp]’: CEO Steve Binnie.

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