Vietnam Urges US to Rethink Seafood Ban as Trade Talks Grind On

Vietnam has urged the US to reconsider a ruling that effectively bans certain seafood exports, warning it could disrupt bilateral trade and cost the Southeast Asian nation’s seafood industry $500 million in annual losses.

The livelihoods of thousands of fishermen and workers are at risk, Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said in a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to a post on the government website. It will also impact US importers and consumers, Dien said.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, known as NOAA, in August said 12 Vietnamese fisheries failed to comply ...