Trump’s Trade Policy Is Lifting Exports. Of Canadian Lobster.
The elimination of European tariffs is “the single most challenging issue” for the American lobster industry, said Annie Tselikis, the
executive director of the Maine Lobster Dealers’ Association, which represents companies that buy lobster from Maine fishermen.
The United States has traditionally been the global leader in forging trade pacts, including during the Obama administration, which negotiated an earlier version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
and began talks with Europe on an agreement known as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
CENTREVILLE, Nova Scotia — This lobster factory on a windswept bay in eastern Canada is so remote
that its workers have to drive for miles just to get cellphone service.
