Sector reactions to the definitive Chinese tariffs on European pork

Giuseppe Aloisio, director general of Anice, considers that the definitive tariffs imposed by the Chinese authorities on imports of European Union pork are an "unfair" measure that is "an unexpected outcome that punishes without reason an exemplary industry. We already said at the time that it was unacceptable for our sector to be used as a bargaining chip in a trade conflict —that of electric vehicles— that is completely foreign to us." Aloisio highlights the fact that trade tensions are affecting the food chain, something that "does not benefit anyone: neither the products, nor the industry, nor the consumers themselves, in this case, the Chinese." For all this, he points out that the Chinese market is already complex "in the face of oversupply and falling consumption," but with the new tariffs, the export capacity of Spanish companies is threatened despite having the "highest world standards of quality and food safety, although we also have no doubt about the capacity of the ...