One might expect Chinese food products to be extremely competitive, but because of government measures to protect agriculture, sugar and flour prices are very high and it's virtually impossible to import semi-processed foods from abroad. The result is that costs are raised for Taiwan's food industry.
他以食品業為例，中國美食，照理是極具競爭優勢的，然而因為政府的農業保護措施，不僅糖價、麵粉價格超高，要自由進口國外食品半成品也不可能，結果徒然拉高了台灣食品業者的成本。