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The national seafood media was Monday atwitter with speculation China might impose tariffs on American seafood, and Alaska Commissioner of Commerce Mike Navarre was trying to spin the state’s proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) project as some sort of shelter against a looming U.S.-China trade war.
“The governor’s established a relationship with the Chinese and the ministers in China that maybe will help in what they look to put tariffs on,” Navarre told Anchorage’s KTVA. “If they have an ongoing interest, which they’re showing at this time, in Alaska’s natural gas, it may help us in how they determine what products they’re going to put tariffs on.”
“For now, China appears to be leaving Alaska seafood alone,” added reporter Liz Raines.