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N.B.’s favourite seafood threatened by Trump: lobster industry
Fishermen would be forced to swallow a depressed price for their catch and processors would have a lot less work, shaking up a commercial enterprise that employs about 5,000 New Brunswickers on boats and another 5,000 in seafood plants. Behind the scenes, the lobster lobby is working feverishly to convince officials in the White House administration and other top Republican officials that imposing a 25 per cent tariff on seafood would be a big mistake for American consumers already reeling from the higher cost of living. The lobster market has long been deeply integrated between Canada and the United States and would be badly wounded by a trade war between the two nations. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 19:53
