China, Notorious for Deadly Formula Scandals, Tells U.S. to 'Expand Infant Formula Imports'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "The US had a long history as a protectionist country, with former US President Donald Trump making protectionism a high priority.
54% : Now, an industry-wide infant formula shortage offers a window to observe the impact of trade protectionism on certain industries," the Global Times, often China's most belligerent English-language mouthpiece, asserted.
51% :'One reason the market is so concentrated is tariffs up to 17.5 percent on imports, which protect domestic producers from foreign competition,' said The Wall Street Journal last week," the Chinese outlet amplified, "citing the Donald Trump administration's efforts to protect domestic formula producers by imposing quotas and tariffs on Canadian imports in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal."
51% : Formula companies, investigators later found, were intentionally adding melamine to the formula so that it would pass government regulations for the amount of protein required in a legal formula product.
47% : "As a result of protectionism, a majority of infant formula consumed in the US is produced domestically.""The US could have avoided the infant formula crisis if the policymakers withstood pressures from trade protectionism over recent years," the Chinese propaganda outlet concluded, comparing China favorably to the United States.

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