Key Points
China continues to ban all seafood imports from Japan, maintaining its de facto economic sanctions against the country as it intends to use the wastewater as a bargaining chip to gain the upper hand over Japan..
The ban was imposed following the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Nikkei Asia reported...
Former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop at the Ditchley conference, stressed the importance of major powers' taking joint action to fight its pressure.. "China's economic coercion has increased in recent years," Bishop said..
First, noting the construction of information networks, the sources said that the like-minded countries would single out products and components susceptible to coercion by China and others and implement measures to counter potential threats..
If a country suffers from economic coercion by Beijing, for example, others would increase imports from the country to make up for the falling shipments, or help it find new markets, reported Nikkei Asia...
