CHINA barred shipments from more than 100 Taiwanese food exporters in an apparent effort to impose economic pressure on a key industry in protest of the visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reports Bloomberg.
China's General Administration of Customs imposed the ban, according to local outlet United Daily News, which said affected goods included seafood, tea and honey.
The issue was outdated information on import documentations, the Taipei-based Apple Daily reported, adding that the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration was trying to understand more about the problem.
The Chinese ban is the latest in a series of measures taken by Beijing that target Taiwan's agricultural industry. Many of the fruit-producing regions of southern Taiwan are typically bastions of political support for President Tsai Ing-wen's Democratic Progressive Party, which seeks Taiwan independence.
China's Communist Party claims Taiwan as part of its territory, despite never having controlled the island.
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China's General Administration of Customs imposed the ban, according to local outlet United Daily News, which said affected goods included seafood, tea and honey.
The issue was outdated information on import documentations, the Taipei-based Apple Daily reported, adding that the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration was trying to understand more about the problem.
The Chinese ban is the latest in a series of measures taken by Beijing that target Taiwan's agricultural industry. Many of the fruit-producing regions of southern Taiwan are typically bastions of political support for President Tsai Ing-wen's Democratic Progressive Party, which seeks Taiwan independence.
China's Communist Party claims Taiwan as part of its territory, despite never having controlled the island.
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