Taiwan’s new president, Tsai Ing-wen,(TY-eng-win) says she is in favor of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. A number of countries, in addition to Taiwan, including the Philippines and South Korea, have expressed interest in joining the regional trade deal if and when the agreement is expanded, according to the National Pork Producers Council. Tsai also said Taiwan must resolve issues related to imports of U.S. pork products, specifically the country’s ban on pork from hogs given the feed additive ractopamine. NPPC has been pressing the Obama administration to urge Taiwan to lift the ban, which the Council says is not based on science. Ractopamine has been determined to be safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is approved for use in pork production in 26 countries, with 75 additional nations allowing the importation of pork from hogs fed ractopamine.
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