Before this round of negotiations, there were rumors that ROC negotiators would "give up the pigs to protect the rice" -- that they would, in other words, open the market to US pork imports in order not to have to give way on rice. Domestic hog farmers strongly objected.
由於談判前，國內傳出「棄豬保米」的風聲﹘ ﹘在豬肉的開放程度上讓步，以換取美方在稻米進口上的退讓，引發國內豬農嚴重抗議。