date:Nov 18, 2013
million of the country's US$1.3 billion in fish exports to the United States last year. They make up more than 60 per cent of the US market and are blamed for putting many domestic catfish farmers out of business.
Vietnam's vehemence against the programme could impact the talks, said John Ciorciari, assistant professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Ciorciari said that catfish alone would not derail the negotiations, but that it's going to be hard