President Trump ordered a payment program be established to help lobster producers amid ongoing trade tensions, boosting an industry that is iconic in Maine, a state the president has targeted in his re-election campaign. Under a memorandum Mr. Trump signed Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue would set up a program to “provide assistance to fishermen and producers in the United States lobster industry that continue to be harmed by China’s retaliatory tariffs.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 25, 2020 00:22 UTC