“About 80% of our sales into mainland China have gone away.” Last year, Beijing retaliated against U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods by raising their own tariffs on U.S. food and agricultural exports, including live lobsters. That’s a challenge for lobstermen in Portland, Maine, who are scrambling to make up their losses. They say it’s hard to compete with the additional 25% tariff levied on U.S. lobsters. |