International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she's keeping a close watch on a trade investigation into the Canadian lobster industry requested by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
"We, of course, are aware of the investigation, and we will keep a close eye monitoring the developments," she told reporters in Toronto, regarding the United States International Trade Commission probe.The Canadian industry gained most of the Chinese market that the Americans lost after China slapped a 35 per cent tariff on U.S. lobster exports.
Executive Director Geoff Irvine said Monday the lobster industries of Canada and the United States are now back on an even playing field. It comes following Trump's June 24 visit to Maine, where he is contesting four electoral college votes, particularly one in the lobster-producing, northern portion of the state. Trump won the northern region in the 2016 presidential election.
"Once trade patterns shift, they tend to be pretty static," Vekasi said. "There's concern that once these new markets and these new logistics patterns have been established, they don't just automatically shift back to where they were prior to the trade frictions.
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