Mainland China officially announced that because Taiwan's unilateral face has adopted discriminatory and restrictions on mainland products, from September 25, 34 Taiwan agricultural products have stopped implementing imported zero -tariff policies.The Taiwan Executive Yuan accused the mainland of continuous economic coercion on Thursday (September 19), expressing strong dissatisfaction and protests.
Taiwan Agricultural Minister Chen Junji said that from 2023, the trade amount of these 34 agricultural products to the mainland is about $ 7.36 million (S $ 9.52 million), and tariffs are about 1.075 million (S $ 43,500).The risk is still within the controllable range.
Scholars of interviewees believe that since the president Lai Qingde took office on May 20, the two sides of the strait were seriously opposed. This is the mainland's policy response and sanctions made by Lai Qingde's discussion on radical positions on the two sides of the strait.As considering that the US election is right, the situation of cross -strait is temporarily stabilized. The mainland uses agricultural products as a policy tool and has a certain alarm role in Taiwan, but it will not hurt the central government's strategy of cross -strait integration.
The Ministry of Finance of China on Wednesday (September 18) "Policy Interpretation" of the Customs and Taxation Committee Office, saying that the State Council Customs Taxation Commission issued an announcement on September 14Measures such as sexual prohibition and restrictions seriously hinder cross -strait economic and trade cooperation.
Therefore, from September 25, the mainland has stopped implementing 34 import tariff policies for Taiwan's 34 agricultural products, including coconut, betel nut, pineapple, guava, mango, grapefruit, peaches, plums, Shakya, cannibalism、莲雾、枣子、柿子、枇杷等15项水果，以及甘蓝、花椰菜、丝瓜、青江菜、小白菜、苦瓜、洋葱、胡萝卜、莴苣、芋头、山葵11项蔬菜，还有鲳鱼、鲭鱼、Bringing eight aquatic products with fishes, fishes, catfish, sea bass, shrimp, and mussels.
This is the end of May this year, Mainland Announcement The second batch of Cross-Straits EconomicAfter the cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) some product tariff reduction list, once again adjusted major economic and trade policies in Taiwan.
Li Huizhi, a spokesman for the Taiwan Executive Yuan, said after Thursday's Executive Yuan that the government has long mastered and responding to this situation, and it will continue to reduce dependence on a single market.Solving disputes.
Liang Wenjie, deputy chairman and spokesman of the Taiwan Government's mainland committee, also pointed out at a regular press conference that these 34 agricultural products were the "gifts" given by the Kuomintang chairman Lien Chan and the Chairman of the People's Party Song Chuyu when visiting the mainland;Now suddenly cancellation and one -sided recovery show that all the goodwill in the mainland has political purposes, and can be taken back at any time.
The DPP ruling said that the CCP's economic stress on Taiwan has intensified, and the unbelievable practices of intimidation and differentiation of Taiwan cannot achieve their political purposes.
The Kuomintang in the wild expressed regret that all agricultural exchanges and cooperation must first have goodwill exchanges, and secondly, they must be equal and reciprocal.Since the DPP ruling, it has only been fighting and hate, and has continuously destroyed the existing political tacit understanding, causing deterioration of cross -strait relations, damage to the rights and interests of grassroots farmers, and extremely irresponsible.
Zhang Hongyuan, an associate professor of the Department of International Trade at the University of Science and Technology, told Lianhe Zaobao that the mainland's move was limited to Taiwan. Due to Lai Qingde's series of anti -China radical remarks, from Kinmen conversation to Recently commemorating Taiwan independence Peng Mingmin's" Declaration of Self-rescue Movement ", emphasizing opposition to the CCP and swallowing Taiwan. Taiwan will never compromise.The mainland must respond and sanction.
Zhang Hongyuan believes that the United States will hold a general election in November, and the United States and the mainland are currently stable, so the mainland uses agricultural products as a policy tool.However, there are slight differences in implementation, such as 20%tariffs on Lianwu and other classes. The grapefruit fought to the Kuomintang Hualien legislator Fu Kunzheng is only 12%tariffs, and at this time, the exports of grapefruit have been exported and the damage is low.
