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US lobster industry leaps at possible Chinese tariff cuts, but coronavirus spoils timing

'We were competing with the US for 10 years before the trade war ... That’s the least of our concerns' -- Stewart Lamont, Tangier Lobster Company, in Nova Scotia, Canada

By Jason Huffman | Feb. 25, 2020 18:02 GMT
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Unloading a lobster boat in Rockland, Maine. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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