Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-01-25

One of Taiwan’s top diplomats in charge of relations with Japan is keen for a ban on food imports to be resolved quickly. That’s because of concerns that an ongoing trade dispute with Japan could harm Taiwan’s chances of joining a regional trade pact.

Fan Chen-kuo, the deputy head of the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association, said the ban on food from the Fukushima area of Japan should not be politicized. Taiwan maintains a ban on food products five prefectures affected by the Fukushima nuclear incident in 2011. The government is keen to life the ban but public fears of contamination remain.

Fan said he wants the ban to be assessed on scientific metrics, in line with World Trade Organization rules.    [FULL  STORY]