US-China Trade War Triggers Seafood Supply Chain Shake-Up

US-China Trade War Triggers Seafood Supply Chain Shake-Up
A fishmonger places a Canadian lobster into a display tank at St. Lawrence Market South in Toronto on Sept. 27, 2018. Chris Helgren/Reuters
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NEW YORK/MONTREAL—The U.S.-China trade war has triggered a seafood supply chain shake-up, with U.S. importers scrambling to stockpile frozen Chinese squid and tilapia ahead of looming price increases while Canada exports more lobsters to China.

A series of retaliatory tariffs between Beijing and Washington has led to a shift in global trade, creating winners and losers in sales of commodities from soya to seafood to pork.