But the atmosphere was markedly different in two halls reserved for non-Chinese exporters, amid a mishmash of emblematic exports from 35 countries: designer housewares from Italy, rugs from India, bird’s nest soup from Malaysia and lawyers from the United States.
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"What I really hate most is when people come and flip you over to see where you were made. The first time it happened everything fell out of my pockets. But I adjusted and borrowed a stapler from the Italian booth over there so it hasn't happened since." said Quentin "Griff" Whately, part of a large contingent of furloughed lawyers sent over to the trade fair by their NY firms.
