Peng Tzuo-kuei, Chairman of the Council of Agriculture, noted that the outbreak of hoof and mouth disease here has made it impossible for Taiwan to export pork. With more than 4 million hogs in Taiwan, the price of pork has plummeted. Whether or not Taiwan joins the WTO, he argued that the number of pigs here should fall.
雖然農委會主委彭作奎指出，在爆發口蹄疫、我國豬隻無法外銷之後，國內養豬總量已過剩四百萬頭，造成豬價低迷，未來不論是否加入世界貿易組織，養豬數量都應該縮小。