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Ex-presidential adviser Huang Tien-lin dies aged 93
05/20/2021 01:07 PM
Huang Tien-lin (left). CNA file photo
Taipei, May 20 (CNA) Former Presidential Office adviser Huang Tien-lin (黃天麟) passed away Wednesday at the age of 93.
Huang, who was born in offshore Penghu County and graduated from National Taiwan University Department of Economics, worked in the banking and financial service sector for 46 years.
He was a former chairman of the First Commercial Bank and a former advisory member of the National Security Council.
Huang served as a national policy adviser to the president during the administration of former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
Breaking up China’s global cartel
By Huang Tien-lin 黃天麟
After Australia pushed for a WHO probe into the source of COVID-19 at the World Health Assembly in May, China responded by adding an 80.5 percent tariff consisting of an anti-dumping tax rate of 73.6 percent and a countervailing subsidy margin of 6.9 percent on Australian barley imports. Beijing also banned four Australian businesses from exporting beef to China, and said that it would ban Chinese tourists from visiting Australia and students from studying there. It also added anti-dumping taxes of 107.1 to 218.1 percent on Australian wine imports.
Beijing’s use of economic threats to bring its trading partners in line during disputes is a perfect example of a country run by digital tyranny dominating a huge market. The Australian government has said that it would bring the issue to the WTO for arbitration, but the question is whether that would solve anything.