A 25 per cent tariff imposed by Canada would likely prove to be highly damaging, given that up to 60 per cent of the state’s lobster catch is sent to Atlantic Canada to be processed. Canada has historically bought around $400 million of Maine’s catch. “Maine lobstermen and the industry as a whole didn’t start this fight. We are just the ones getting hit with the bill,” wrote the MaineWonk, a popular policy commentator based in northern Maine.
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