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Taiwan Business TOPICS A growing emphasis on social and environmental responsibility among major U.S. corporations has begun influencing the practices and operations of their Taiwanese supply chain partners as well. Last summer, President Tsai Ing-wen announced that starting from the first day of 2021, Taiwan would allow the importation of U.S. pork containing trace amounts of ractopamine. Some Taiwanese have decried the decision as submission to pressure from Washington. That the debate over ractopamine got heated was no surprise. Although moderate use of this leanness-enhancing feed additiv...

Greenpeace, EJF urge Western buyers to pressure Taiwan to tighten its fishing regulations By Share Taiwan has the second-largest long-distance fleet in the world, and plays a central role in the international supply chain for fisheries products. But in recent years, its distant-water fleet has been accused of human rights offenses, tainting its reputation. According to Greenpeace and other NGOs concerned with labor issues in the global fishing industry, Taiwan’s tuna-fishing firms, and major Western buyers, aren’t doing enough to stamp out long-running abuses taking place in the Taiw...