NFI Issues Statement On Chinese Retaliatory Tariffs

WASHINGTON, DC – NFI is reviewing today’s announcement by the People's Republic of China, to determine its impacts on U.S. seafood exports. We are deeply disappointed in these retaliatory tariffs. There is no connection between the products targeted by the U.S. and the tariffs Beijing plans to impose on exported American seafood.

It is Maine lobstermen, the men and women on boats in Alaska and families harvesting and processing seafood in the Pacific Northwest who will feel the brunt of the Administration’s misguided policy.

It is not clear where these trade actions will ultimately lead, what is clear is that they will negatively impact American seafood jobs.

John Connelly
President, National Fisheries Institute

Source: National Fisheries Institute