Trump trade war screwed lobster industry, not environmental efforts by Obama.

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https://fortune.com/2019/10/23/us-china-tariffs-lobster-canada/

...The lobster industry was enjoying some good years, especially with the work distributors had done developing contacts to grow their presence in China. And then came the trade war and the July 6, 2018 start of China's 25% tariff on many U.S. goods, including the crustaceans. That market sank overnight and opened the door wide to competition from Canada, the other country in the business of catching and shipping the lobsters found only in the northeast region of North America.

"China replaced U.S. lobsters with Canadian," says Usha Haley, professor and Barton distinguished chair in international business at Wichita State University. Exports from domestic waters dropped from 12 million pounds in June 2018 to 2.2 million pounds by the same time this year....

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1. I remember that-- it was highly publicized. But, the public's memory lets the lie stand...

"A lie can travel around the world before the truth gets its socks on."

Or something like that.

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2. seems like way reduced lobster sales are good...for the lobsters and their breeding nt

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3. Any break for nature is a good break, but, the point is

still that the guy lied about Obama policy and omitted the fact that the last few years of a ruined lobster industry was the direct result of Trump’s stupid trade war.