U.S., Japan Join Nations Urging Delay to China Food Import Rules
- Diplomats urge delay to new restrictions on food shipments
- Measures could further disrupt supply chains, nations warn
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Several countries including Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. are urging Chinese customs officials to pause the rollout of regulations on food imports, arguing the measures risk further disrupting global supply chains.
Diplomats from seven economies, which also include Australia, Canada, the European Union and Switzerland, expressed their concerns in an Oct. 27 letter to Customs Minister Ni Yuefeng, according to a copy seen by Bloomberg News. They were objecting to a pair of decrees handed down in April that require food importers to meet sweeping new registration, inspection and labeling requirements by Jan. 1.