American lobster exports to China continue to plummet as the industry struggles with stiff trade barriers enacted in July on its second-largest export market. About 85 percent of the lobster exported from the U.S. originates from Maine waters, but some is shipped from other states and not reflected in Maine’s total exports. Still, Maine and […]
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Lobster industry brainstorms market strategies
ROCKLAND — With overseas markets shaky at best, the leaders of Maine’s $1.4 billion lobster industry came together Wednesday to talk about how to drive up demand and get top dollar in the one market they can count on — the United States. This is a conversation that began long before China slapped a 25 […]
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Five ways the tariffs on $200 billion in China goods could be felt
BALTIMORE (AP) — By imposing taxes on an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods, President Donald Trump has intensified a battle of wills between the world’s two largest economies — and the outcome is far from certain. No one knows how long the tariffs announced Monday might last. No one knows if a politically divided […]
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Dealers say China inflating lobster prices
SUGGESTED PULLQUOTE: “The tariff is bad enough, but to use the hard-shell price on a firm-shell order to drive it up higher, that’s salt on the wound.” — Stephanie Nadeau, The Lobster Co., Arundel Maine lobster dealers say China is improperly inflating the market price of lobster to increase its punitive tariffs on U.S. live […]
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Baby lobsters going deep for cold water
The discovery of baby lobsters in the deep waters off eastern Maine could be good news for the future of the U.S.’s most valuable fishery. Since 1989, scientists led by University of Maine professor Richard Wahle have looked for baby lobsters at 100 shallow-water test sites from Rhode Island to New Brunswick to monitor the […]
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Lobster exports to China tank in first month of tariffs
Richie Thurston sorts lobsters while processing orders for local restaurants at The Lobster Co. in Arundel on July 27. Last summer, The Lobster Co. was exporting $100,000 of lobsters a day to China, but with new tariffs placed on U.S. lobster imports to China, owner Stephanie Nadeau said exports to that country have completely dried […]
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Trade panel nullifies newsprint tariffs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday nullified tariffs put into place for imported newsprint by finding that American producers weren’t harmed by imports from Canadian paper mills. The ruling is a victory for the U.S newspaper industry, which complained that the rising cost of newsprint, typically their second-biggest expense, made it harder […]
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Tariffs will make fixing your car more expensive
Hopkins Manufacturing may shift its China supplier network to factories in Taiwan. Multi Parts has stopped hiring new employees. AutoZone and O’Reilly Automotive plan to raise prices. Businesses in the replacement auto-parts industry — from component makers to local mechanic shops — are scrambling to cope with President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported Chinese materials […]
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Backing off auto tariffs, U.S. and EU agree to more talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union. But while politicians and businesses welcomed the deal Thursday, the agreement was vague, the negotiations are […]
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Donald Trump accuses China of using 'vicious' trade tactics
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China of “vicious” tactics on trade as he prepared for tough negotiations with European leaders in an escalating trade battle among world powers. Trump tweeted that China was specifically targeting U.S. farmers with retaliatory tariffs because “they know I love & respect” them. His defense came […]