Posts Tagged ‘Donald Trump’
US seafood hit in China tariff war
PARTS of the US seafood industry are being thrown into turmoil this week as a result of the escalating trade war between the United States and China. The two states hardest hit are Alaska, which ships large consignments of cod and wild caught salmon to China, and Maine, which is at the heart of the…
Read MoreUS seafood jobs hit by China trade war
THE National Fisheries Institute in the United States is turning its official website into a jobs information hub because of the threat to employment posed by President Trump’s tariff-led trade war with China. The website (AboutSeafood.com) now features video testimony from every aspect of the seafood workforce. It explores the reality of tariffs on real…
Read MoreSeafood fears over Trump Iran warning
DONALD Trump’s blunt warning that anyone trading with Iran will not be doing business with the United States will have raised more than a few concerns with the Nordic and European seafood industry. It is not clear yet whether the US president was pointing the finger at individual companies or entire countries, but his decision…
Read MoreNorway PM in trade talks with Trump
FEARS that the United States could impose curbs on Norwegian seafood exports have receded after Norway\’s prime minister, Erna Solberg, met President Donald Trump last week. The industry and salmon producers in particular have been worried for some time that Trump\’s ‘America first’ policy and the threat of high import tariffs in the form of a border…
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