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The mainland has suspended the import of soursop and lotus mist from the Taiwan region since 20 December, and Chen Jizhong, chairman of Taiwan's "Committee of Agriculture," has threatened to go to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to sue the mainland. According to Taiwan's "ETtoday News Cloud", former DPP "legislator" Guo Zhengliang disagreed with this, and he questioned: New Zealand once banned Taiwan from importing lychees and mangoes, did Chen Jizhong go to New Zealand? Netizens on the island sarcastically called the DPP authorities: "Foreigners say there are worms - > respect the mainland says there are worms - > I sue them," "There are worms, the DPP teaches you what is called double standard."
Screenshot of Taiwan's "ETtoday News Cloud" report
The General Administration of Customs of the Mainland issued a notice on the 19th that due to the detection of quarantine pests (ocean gluteal mealybug), the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan will be suspended from September 20. According to Taiwan's "ETtoday News Cloud", Chen Jizhong claimed that such a treatment is not in line with international norms, and he threatened the mainland to resume the mechanism of animal and plant epidemic prevention dialogue as soon as possible before the end of September, threatening to follow the Australian case and file a lawsuit with the WTO on October 1, accusing the mainland of violating regulations.
Lotus mist
sweetsop
Su Zhenchang, head of Taiwan's administrative organs, also issued the same threat to the mainland in a Facebook post on the 19th, threatening that the mainland must respond before the end of September, otherwise it will file a dispute settlement complaint in the WTO according to the Australian case.
Regarding the threat of the DPP authorities, Taiwan's "ETtoday News Cloud" said that former DPP "legislator" Guo Zhengliang questioned in Taiwan's political discussion program: New Zealand found that Taiwan's lychees and mangoes had Oriental fruit fly larvae in June this year, and they suspended imports and have not been opened until now. Isn't this a double standard? ”
According to reports, on June 18 this year, New Zealand found the Oriental fruit fly in a batch of mangoes and lychees shipped from Taiwan, and then ordered a moratorium on the entry of Taiwanese mangoes and lychees. Chen Jizhong said at the time, "When the quarantine part encounters such a problem, it will generally respect the handling of the local importing country." ”
Chen Jizhong
According to the report, in response to Chen Jizhong's different remarks, many netizens on the island have expressed their views on the island's network forum PTT, "The result is really that there is a problem with the fruit and blame the mainland", "foreigners say that there are insects - > respect the mainland says that there are insects - > I sue them", "There are worms, the DPP teaches you what is called double standards". ↓
Some netizens also said, don't say the mainland, "I buy worms and return to you to show", "things are rotten, don't blame people for not paying.". ↓