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US China trade spat hit seafood

$36m in relief paid so far to Maine lobster harvesters over Chinese tariffs

'Unfair retaliatory tariffs as well as the COVID-19 pandemic that has closed restaurants and reduced exports have placed increasing financial pressure on Maine’s hardworking lobstermen and women' -- Susan Collins

By Undercurrent News | Nov. 13, 2020 16:08 GMT
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has so far awarded lobster harvesters from the US state of Maine more than $36 million to help compensate for the tariff-related damages suffered as a result of the trade war with China, US senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, reported this week [...]

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