Freedom pineapples

It encouraged domestic and international consumption to replace the loss of the mainland Chinese market, which had formerly imported 97% of all Taiwanese pineapple exports.

[2] In March 2021, following months of threats, the Chinese government banned the import of pineapples from Taiwan, citing biosecurity concerns.

[11] Taiwanese farmers have begun diverting non-pineapple exports from mainland China to other markets due to worries that their product could be next.

[16] The freedom pineapple campaign has also received support in Australia, with parallels being drawn to Chinese tariff increases on Australian wine.

[18] In April 2021 former American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted a picture of himself eating dried Taiwanese pineapple while playing chess, using the hashtag #FreedomPineapple.