Statement·policy plan·said 2019-12-10
“Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers.”
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Mixedby PolitiFact
2019-12-13Reasoning
The "one in four" figure was derived by subtracting two unrelated percentages; the study co-authors said the true share was "significantly less" though offshore processing of US fish is a real phenomenon.
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