Life is full of unintended consequences. Global trade policies are often rife with them. Politics and trade deals generate untold numbers of side effects and unanticipated problems.
Case in point: Alaska’s fisheries. A large part of the Great Land’s economy is dependent on commercial fishing, notably salmon and pollock. These wild-caught fish, of course, have to be processed for market, and that requires not only filleting but the time-consuming detail work of removing “pin” bones.
So, Alaska salmon are generally caught, headed and gutted here, and then sent to China for the remaining processing, following which they are sent back to the United States, and now those Alaska-caught fish are subject to the heavy tariffs the Trump administration has placed on China.
The tariffs will affect Alaska seafood sent over and processed in China and re-exported to the…
