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Concerns mount US lobster being shipped to China via Canada to avoid 25% tariffs

'If a live lobster came from America, it must be called a product of the US, even if it goes out of a Canadian airport' -- Geoff Irvine, Lobster Council of Canada

By Louis Harkell and Jason Huffman | Sept. 17, 2018 18:46 BST
A Canadian lobster. Photograph courtesy of Tangier Lobster, in Nova Scotia.
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The Lobster Council of Canada is investigating whether exporters are sending US live lobster to China labeled as Canadian lobster, in order to avoid China’s 25% tariffs, Undercurrent News can reveal [...]

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