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Taiwan urges people to eat more pineapples after China bans imports amid campaign of ‘intimidation’
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers, saying Taiwan had been “ambushed” by a Chinese ban on the fruit, reminiscent of Beijing’s use of tariffs to sting Australia.
Key points:
- China has recently been conducting repeated fighter and bomber drills near Taiwan’s airspace
- Beijing has also over the past year imposed steep tariffs on numerous Australian commodities
- Taiwan exported about 46,000 tonnes of pineapples last year
Amid what some have labelled a campaign of “intimidation”, China said on Friday it was suspending imports of pineapples from sub-tropical Taiwan, citing “harmful creatures” it said could come with the fruit, threatening China’s own agriculture.
The move, which is due to begin…
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