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Howard Lutnick: “We were an importer, we became an importer of seafood.”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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'Let's Eat Fish Caught By Americans!': Howard Lutnick Praises Trump Over Executive Order On Fishing

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

These are our waters. So what did that result in? That resulted in us instead of having seafood exports because we have great fishing opportunity. We were an importer, we became an importer of seafood. How crazy is that? So the President is finally changing that. This is a massive win for our fishermen, massive win for our waterfront communities who process all these processors. (00:34–00:39)

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Asserts that the U.S. became an importer of seafood due to restrictions on American fishermen.

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