US: Trade experts predict Trump's trade strategy will increase barriers for seafood importers

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s stated plans to raise tariffs on a wide swath of imports has trade experts and seafood trade groups predicting a tumultuous four years for the seafood industry.Trump has promised to institute a range of trade policies in his coming administration, including adding tariffs as high as 60 percent on goods from China and 20 percent on goods from other countries. Peter Quinter, a U.S. customs and international trade attorney at Florida-based law firm Gunster, told SeafoodSource that any additional import barriers will affect most of the seafood Americans eat.“Seventy percent of seafood consumed by Americans is from other countries, so whatever international trade policies are espoused by the incoming Trump administration will be significant,” he said. “The incoming Trump administration appears to be very focused on international trade, especially with regard to the implementation of additional tariffs on many commodities applicable to all countries, ...