Referendums that, if approved, might have affected Taiwan’s ties with key backer the United States and its energy security failed to pass on Saturday, in a major setback to the opposition which had cast the votes as a show of no-confidence in the government.
Of the four of Saturday’s referendums, the two most contentious and high-profile asked whether to ban imports of pork containing the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, and whether to change the site of a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to protect a reef.
The government approved the pork imports last year, hoping to remove a stumbling block for a free trade deal with the US, where ractopamine – a common feed additive used by US pig farmers – is widely used, and show it is a reliable partner.
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