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Tariffs deal big disadvantage to seafood in proteins’ battle for US consumer dollars

Trump's global tariffs have an unequal impact on seafood, disadvantaging it against other proteins, such as chicken, pork and turkey

By Cliff White and Tom Seaman | April 10, 2025 17:11 BST
Seafood faces a competitive disadvantage against other proteins as a result of Trumps' trade war. Photo courtesy of Alex Bayev/Shutterstock.
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The United States is a net exporter of chicken and turkey, and its imports and exports of pork are about even. That's bad math for the seafood industry in tariff-happy US president Donald Trump's second term. [...]

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Contact the authors Cliff.White@undercurrentnews.com, tom.seaman@undercurrentnews.com

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