WASHINGTON—US President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration may impose punitive tariffs on China’s seafood exports if it finds the country is not honoring purchase commitments promised under a partial trade deal.
The two economic giants signed in January a so-called Phase 1 agreement, which brought a truce to their tit-for-tat tariff war. But Trump said he wants to protect lobster fishermen—a “crown jewel” of America’s seafood industry—as they have been adversely affected by a trade deal between Canada and the European Union.
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