Trump Tariffed Canada. He Forgot America's Own Lobster Would Pay the Tax Coming Home.

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A tourist bites into a lobster roll on the coast of Maine and feels about as American as it gets. But there's a real chance that lobster — caught by an American boat, in American water — spent the weeks before that bite on a truck to Canada and back, processed, packed, and briefly labeled "Product of Canada." Nearly 60% of Maine's total lobster catch gets shipped north for processing, because Canada built the specialized plants and the labor capacity that Maine's own old regulations never let grow at home. Once that lobster gets its meat picked in New Brunswick or PEI, it legally becomes a Canadian product — even though the animal never stopped being American. Then in 2025, the Trump administration repeatedly floated a 25% tariff on Canada that industry analysts calculated would hit $5.6 billion of seafood trade. Because of how this supply chain actually works, that tariff wouldn't just tax Canadian lobster — it would tax America's OWN lobster on its way back home. The fresh twist:

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