Asia trade deal unites U.S. Gulf and Vietnamese shrimpers in worry

August 28, 2015.

Reuters

Black tiger shrimps are arranged on ice before being frozen at Cafatex shrimp and Pangasius Catfish factory in Vietnam’s southern Mekong delta province of Hau Giang

Savun Sim looked dejected as a large plastic vacuum hose sucked 2,600 pounds of wild Gulf of Mexico shrimp from his trawler’s ice hold.

With dock prices at their lowest since 2009, pressured by a flood of cheap imports from shrimp farms across Asia, Sim said he would barely cover the cost of fuel for his two-day voyage at the far reaches of the Mississippi Delta. Tiếp tục đọc “Asia trade deal unites U.S. Gulf and Vietnamese shrimpers in worry”