US boycott

News from the White House and Trump Tower has been so dispiriting and appalling of late that I have set to thinking how, in my small way, I can do something about it.

Published Wednesday 26 April 2017 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 26 April 2017 - 15:00

I now have a list of companies without apparent US connections and I will do my shopping with these suppliers. Unless millions follow my example it will have no effect whatsoever. But it makes me feel better…
Jonathan REYNOLDS, Hérault

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