A trade decision by the Trump administration inadvertently protected a price advantage enjoyed by Russian-caught Pollock sold via China into the United States, much of which ends up in fish sticks sold to American school children. Alaska fishermen thought the administration’s move to slap a 10 percent tariff last year on thousands of imports from China was supposed to erase the price advantage. But the Russian Pollock ended up with an exemption. Worse, retaliatory tariffs from China imposed a 25 percent surcharge on Alaskan Pollock sold in China — where the market for U.S. fish had increased recently. [CNN]
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