As President Trump escalates the trade war with China, workers in Central New York feel the pinch, not just in the products they buy, but in the products they produce as well. Gutchess Lumber became China's biggest supplier of lumber nearly three decades ago which built up the 5 generation-owned Cortland-based business, but hight tariffs have bitten into their profits bad enough to initiate deep cuts that affect its family of employees. Will it get worse from there?
