The U.S. Department of Political Affairs determines that Chinese citizens are engaged in pangolin trade and capture activities, and they are weakening the effectiveness of the International Trade Convention (CITES) of endangered wild and plants to seek presidential intervention in sanctions.China's official response said that China has made great efforts to the protection of pangolins and criticizes this as another evidence of the United States "abuse of long -arm jurisdiction."
The US Ministry of the Interior issued a statement on the official website on Friday (September 8) stating on the official website that the Minister of the Interior Deb Haaland has submitted a certificate to the US Senate and the House of Representatives to identify China through the review of pangolin trade.Citizens are weakening the effectiveness of CITES through trading and obtaining pangolins.
Statement stated that in accordance with the Pelly ADENDMENT regulations in accordance with the US Fisherman's Protection Law, when the Ministry of the Interior discovered that foreign citizens are engaged in weakening CITES or any international cooperation or acquisition of international cooperation in the protection of endangered species,The Minister of the Interior must prove this fact to the president.????
Statement stated that within 60 days after the minister's submission, the President will notify what actions will be taken to the Congress to assist in promoting the protection measures to prevent pangolins from extinction.The statement also said that the US State Department will continue to conduct foreign contact with China to promote the protection of pangolins.
According to the amendment of Peili, when the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of Political Affairs determined that a country is engaged in buying or selling or hunting on the vertical wildlife to endanger international cooperation, the US President can exercise trade rights and prohibit the country from the country.Wildlife products are exported to the United States and impose sanctions on other trade.
China National Forestry and Caowana Bureau issued a statement on Saturday (September 9) through the official website WeChat public account, in response to the matter.
The Forest Cao Bureau said that the U.S. Ministry of the Interior ignores the great efforts and achievements of the global armor to protect the global armor. It is determined that Chinese citizens are engaged in the aid trade and acquisition activities, and they are weakening the effectiveness of CITES."The US move is another example of its abuse of long -arm jurisdiction, which violates the basic criteria for objective and fairness, which is not conducive to global pangolin protection cooperation."
Statement stated that the Chinese State Forestry Bureau as the lead department of CITES as the Chinese government, which expressed serious concerns, and resolutely opposed the problem of the problem of protecting the protection of China's protection to protect the reputation of China's protection.Proposal to the United States with a serious negotiation.
The China Forest and Cao Bureau emphasized that in the past ten years, the Chinese government has strengthened the protection of endangered wild and plant.The protection and monitoring of the population and their habitats strictly prohibit hunting and consumption of pangolin, which effectively promotes the recovery growth of Chinese -armored groups in the armor -through field.
The statement also said that China has firmly fulfilled CITES obligations, actively promoted performance operations, stopped commercial import and export pangolin and its product activities, established a system of combating the inter -ministerial joint meeting system for wild animals and plants, and severely crack down on smuggling smuggling.And illegal trading pangolin activities have a significant decline in illegal activities.China has also launched a series of actions to combat the illegal trading series of wild animals and plants in combination with pangolin distribution countries such as Asia and Africa, and made significant contributions to strengthening global pangolin protection and curbing illegal transactions.
