State & Regional Interest	Monday, April 7, 2003
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Legislator says not buying French, German products could hurt state (Published March 18‚ 2003) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A state senator says South Carolinians may end up hurting the state if they decide not to buy French and German products. Some people want to boycott the products because France and Germany didn't embrace the Bush Administration plans for a U.N resolutions allowing an attack on Iraq. Sen. Scott Richardson, R-Hilton Head Island, says he's heard people talk about not buying French tires and avoiding German BMWs and buying Cadillacs instead. Richardson said says that kind of sentiment can hurt South Carolina workers at French-owned Michelin and German-owned BMW, two of the state's largest employers. "If that kind of thought process continues," Richardson said, "it's going to hurt South Carolina."

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