Tariff fears and high stakes for Atlantic Canada at the Boston seafood expo [Video]

Seafood industry reps from more than 50 countries are in Boston for what is usually an exciting three days of meetings, showcases, and networking at the annual Seafood Expo North America. This year, though, the stakes have never been higher for Atlantic Canadians.

Fears of potential industry-rocking tariffs from the United States and China are overshadowing everything happening on the show floor.

Bruce Wilson, a lobster fisherman from New Brunswick, told CBC News he’s scared of what effect tariffs could have on his business and his community, and he hopes he can share that message with other people at the expo.

“Who’s going to absorb that tariff? Whether it’s 25 [per cent], 10 per cent, 15, …