Yang Mingxian, a professor of the Department of International Trade at Feng Chia University, pointed out that there have been one after another incidents of banned products in Taiwan. He suggested that the government can file a complaint with the WTO "Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanism" and completely resolve it through normal international channels to replace the "long-term beating" situation.

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[Reporter Su Mengjuan/Taichung Report] China has successively banned the sale of Taiwan’s aquatic products, food and beverages to China. Yang Mingxian, a professor of the Department of International Trade at Feng Chia University, pointed out that in the past two years, Taiwan’s products have been banned one after another, which shows that it is not a single incident. It is suggested that the government should not respond to individual incidents one by one. Since both Taiwan and China are members of the WTO, they should not receive "differential treatment" from other countries. It is suggested that the government can file a complaint with the WTO "Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanism" and follow international norms The pipeline is completely resolved, replacing the "long-term beating" situation.

Li Zongru, a professor of the marketing department of Chung Hsing University, also said that when Taiwan exported agricultural, fishery or processed products, it often relied too much on the Chinese market because of the same language or because of the loose market conditions in China, ignoring the importance of developing other markets. During the marketing process, relevant industry players should have the determination to learn from the painful experience, and the industry players should change their mentality. Even if they will encounter a period of pain, developing markets outside of China is a top priority, otherwise it will be difficult to avoid similar "constrained by others" from happening again. It is also recommended that industrial organizations should be strengthened, Including counseling and standardizing industry members, improving and transforming physical fitness together, and fighting for export sales together is the long-term solution.

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Yang Mingxian said that in the past two years, the products that China has banned from Taiwan have ranged from pineapples, custard apples, lotus mist, to live fish, aquatic products, and processed foods. Factors such as "food safety" and "data" mentioned on the Chinese official platform.

Yang Ming-hsien said that if Taiwan is trapped in the situation that every time China bans the sale of a product, it responds with individual industrial strategies, it may lose the "preemptive opportunity to control the enemy", and it will be at a disadvantage for a longer period of time.

Yang Mingxian pointed out that both Taiwan and China are members of the WTO, and members enjoy "equal treatment". Now China has repeatedly interfered with Taiwan's products being exported to China with various factors. Complaints are arbitrated by the WTO. This is a "normal right" enjoyed by members. Taiwan can make good use of it. With international attention, China can "talk business" to Taiwan.

In addition, Yang Mingxian emphasized that in the face of setbacks in the export of related products to China, the government should not respond with short-term subsidies. The export market should not be limited to China. How to transform the entire export system, such as production and harvesting management, to be more in line with international norms Instead of only "acting cheaply" or relying on "profit-making" factors to market in China, and not actively exploring other countries' markets, we can take the opportunity to open up more international markets and sign free trade agreements with more countries. This is the long-term solution.