Taiwan Accuses China of Vegetable Laundering via Vietnam to Evade Import Restrictions

Taiwan accuses China of vegetable laundering via Vietnam

Taiwanese officials have accused firms in China of attempting to evade import restrictions by rerouting vegetables through neighbouring Vietnam Taipei has accused China of smuggling vegetables into Taiwan via Vietnam in a bid to evade import restrictions, with officials vowing to crack down on a practice they say amounts to “origin washing”. Taiwan, which bans the importation of more than 1,000 Chinese agricultural and fishery products, said firms in China were evading restrictions by rerou...

By Alastair McCready in Taipei