Tariffs 'instant pain' for US lobster firm
By Ai Heping and Hong Xiao in New York, and Zhong Nan in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2018-07-19 07:11
A Maine lobster company had been preparing for a good year of sales to China.
"We were gearing up for a really big year," said Michael Marceau, co-owner of The Lobster Co in Arundel, Maine.
But then came China's additional 25 percent tariff on US lobster imports in response to tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by US President Donald Trump.
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