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Lobster exports to China are among the trade flows that have been hammered by the trade war that escalated in mid-2018. U.S. lobster sales to the Middle Kingdom, running at nearly $90 million in the first half of 2018, plummeted to just $19 million a year later, after China imposed a 25% tariff on America exports of the shellfish delicacy. China turned to Canadian crustaceans instead.
美国对中国的龙虾出口是受到2018年年中贸易战升级打击的贸易流之一。2018年上半年美国对华龙虾销售额接近9,000万美元，一年后该数字暴跌至1,900万美元，此前中国宣布对美国出口的这一水产品征收25%的关税。中国已转而进口加拿大龙虾。
However, things aren’t quite as they seem. American lobsters are apparently crawling up to Canada instead, and then making their way east. U.S. lobster exports to Canada were up 120%  in the first quarter of 2019 from a year earlier, and nearly 220% in the second quarter, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, in a recent report, also notes that U.S. lobsters are apparently showing up in China, often labeled as Canadian lobster, shipped through Vietnam.
然而，事情并非看上去那样。美国龙虾显然是先爬到加拿大，然后再向东前行。根据美国农业部的数据，2019年第一季度美国对加拿大龙虾出口同比增长120%，第二季度增长近220%。联合国粮农组织(Food and Agriculture Organization)在最近的一份报告中还指出，美国龙虾似乎正出现在中国，他们通常被贴上加拿大龙虾的标签，由越南运入中国。
The China-U.S. trade war has reshaped global trade flows: Chinese-origin goods flow through Southeast Asia to avoid U.S. tariffs, while U.S. crustaceans may be clawing their way back into China through a similar route, camouflaged as their more northerly cousins. Where there is demand, supply finds a way.
中美贸易战已经重塑了全球贸易流动路线，中国原产商品流入东南亚以躲避美国关税，而美国龙虾可能也是通过伪装成更北部的表亲，迂回进入了中国。哪里有需求，哪里就有供应。
Nathaniel Taplin
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