China suspended the import of a number of alcoholic drinks from Taiwan together with merchandise from state-owned Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corp., in accordance with Taiwan’s official Central Information Company.

Legend Brewery, Yunshan Distillery and Taihu Brewing have been amongst corporations whose merchandise have been included, in accordance with the report. China additionally halted imports of another drinks, together with Uni-President Enterprises Corp. merchandise, in accordance with Taiwan’s Subsequent Apple Information web site.

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China has scaled again purchases of Taiwanese merchandise as Beijing seeks to punish the island’s democratically elected authorities for growing ties with the US and its allies. Whereas meals made up a tiny fraction of Taiwan’s greater than $328 billion of two-way commerce with China final 12 months, it’s one space the place Beijing can discover various sources, in distinction to semiconductors from Taiwan’s technologically superior producers.

Within the wake of US Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s go to to Taipei in August, China mentioned it will droop imports of some fish and fruit from the island.