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hello and welcome.
i'm katty kay in washington,
christian fraser is in london.
the first shots in a trade war
between china and america
were fired last month.
but they were small
compared to what the trump
administration is planning next.
this week chinese officials will fly
to washington to try to prevent
a full scale artillery assault
on chinese exports to the us.
and today hundreds of american
businesses added their voice
telling the white house,
please don't ratchet up this battle.
many us importers don't like it
and nor do some exporters.
here's one example —
american lobster sales to china had
been growing steadily in recent
years, but that stopped when beijing
hit the american lobster industry
with a 25% import tax.
it was retaliating against us
tariffs on chinese goods.
it's exactly how trade wars start.
nick bryant reports from maine.
the waters off maine has
become an unexpected
theatre of the trade war.
with the local lobster fishermen
in the...