Mainland China resumes importing Taiwanese grouper, using soft and hard strategies to advance cross-strait negotiations

Published 2023년 12월 22일

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China has resumed the import of Taiwanese grouper and mentioned that as long as Taiwan adheres to the "1992 Consensus" and opposes "Taiwan independence", discussions and solutions will be easier. It was stated that the mainland is willing to assist in resuming the import of Taiwanese agricultural and fishery products. However, Taiwan's reaction and future actions will depend on the mainland's stance and the results of Taiwan's elections. There is also a disagreement on how to prioritize discussing human rights issues in future cross-strait dialogue.

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After suspending tariff concessions on 12 items of petrochemical products under the Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) on Thursday, China announced on Friday that it would resume the import of Taiwanese grouper to the mainland from now on, reiterating that as long as it adheres to the "1992 Consensus" and opposes " "Taiwan independence" is easy to discuss. Since June 13 last year, the General Administration of Customs of Mainland China has suspended the import of Taiwanese grouper on the grounds that excessive amounts of oxytetracycline have been detected in grouper imported from Taiwan on multiple occasions, and two banned drugs, malachite green and crystal violet, have been found. . Taiwan's grouper has an annual output of about 20,000 tons, and last year exported 6,681 metric tons, of which mainland sales accounted for 6,121 metric tons, or 91%. In order to solve the problem of unsalable grouper, the Taiwan Council of Agriculture and the Ministry of ...

Source: Zaobao