Dispute over fruit: Taiwan threatens to take China to WTO over suspension of sugar apple imports

Taiwan has threatened to take China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the suspension of sugar apple and wax apple imports on pest concerns.

Taiwan threatened to take China to the World Trade Organization on Sunday after Beijing said it would suspend sugar apple and wax apple imports from the island on pest concerns, in the latest spat between the two over fruit.

Relations between Taipei and Beijing, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, are at their lowest in decades, with China increasing political and military pressure to get the island to accept its sovereignty.