China Ends Tariff Exemptions on Some Taiwan Agricultural Imports
- Taiwan says value of affected shipments last year was small
- Beijing’s move comes after German warship sailed Taiwan Strait
A farmer pushes a cart filled with harvested pineapples at a plantation in Nantou County, Taiwan.
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China will remove its tariff exemptions on some agricultural products imported from Taiwan as Beijing ramps up pressure on the democracy.
The Chinese Customs Tariff Commission will scrap its tariff exemption on 34 Taiwanese agricultural imports, including fruit, vegetables and fishery products, starting from Sept. 25, the Ministry of Finance in Beijing said in a statement on Wednesday.