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Taiwan referendum result likely to boost island's ties with US
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Katherine Wei, Katherine Wei Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei
Taiwan's economic relations with the United States and its hopes for a trade pact received a boost after a key referendum issue over the weekend failed to pass, effectively allowing imports of US pork to continue.
More than 50 per cent of voters said "no" to reimposing a ban on imports of pork with trace amounts of ractopamine, a feed additive used by many US producers but which opponents claim may harm human health.
