Provincial fisheries minister Gerry Byrne says Newfoundland and Labrador still has a lot of friends in the United States despite an escalating trade war between the two nations.
Gerry Byrne is just back from the Boston Seafood Show, where Newfoundland and Labrador product has been featured prominently for decades.
While some have questioned the province’s involvement in trying to secure and expand its U.S. markets, Byrne says it’s important to continue to drive home the fact that current U.S. economic policy is hurting Americans as well as their trade partners.
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“We need to try to get this administration to understand that this is hurting Americans” says Byrne who met with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and the Canada-New England Business Council while in Boston.
In the meantime, Byrne says the exposure Newfoundland and Labrador gets at the Boston Seafood Show is also catching the attention of buyers outside the United States.
