A look at the fight against illicit seafood: China’s role in it, the companies involved, and why the U.S. is cracking down on the practice now.
U.S. soldiers and Coast Guard officers approach a Chinese fishing vessel during an Oceania Maritime Security Initiative mission in the Pacific Ocean, November 29, 2016. Credit: US Navy via Alamy
U.S. sanctions enforcers have a new sector in their sights: illegal fishing. Last week, the Treasury Department imposed some of its harshest financial sanctions on two large Chinese fishing companies and their top executives, in a major show of force by the Biden administration.
One of the sanctioned companies, Pingtan Marine Enterprise, is publicly listed on the Nasdaq stock market, making it the first time that Washington has imposed “Global Magnitsky” sanctions, which target the
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If Xi Jinping is becoming more preoccupied with internal politics, it could lead to a period of relative calm in China’s relations with the United States.
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