Council for Economic Planning and Development Chairman Chao Yao-tung has said, "Our nation favors free trade. The government has no right to interfere in the import of products ordered from Singapore, Hong Kong, or Japan. There is no way we can check whether or not the goods imported are from mainland China.
經建會主任委員趙耀東說：「我們是自由貿易國家，政府沒有權利干預廠商接來自香港、新加坡或日本等地的訂單，更沒辦法管到產品輸出後是否被轉口到中國大陸。