chinas import restrictions due to african swine fever in july 2015 the european union raised concerns about chinas bans due to african swine fever asf and indicated that the vast majority of eu trading partners did not take any import measures against the european union on african swine fever asf grounds because they fully trusted the strict eu control system. china had imposed a ban on eu pork and pork products since february 2014 without applying regionalization any scientific justification or clarification on how and when it would recognise the stringent zoning measures put in place in the european union to allow the prompt resumption of safe trade despite continuously receiving information from the european union about these stringent control surveillance and monitoring measures. the european union had requested several times that china provide a risk assessment justifying the country-wide ban and the non-recognition of the eu zoning measures but china had failed to respond. the european union asked china to respect its regionalization obligations under the sps agreement and to allow the trade of all safe products. china replied that its measures were entirely based on science and safety considerations. it highlighted the threat represented by asf in the world and the fact that china was a major pig producer and as such subject to great losses in case the disease entered the country. china indicated that the measures were in line with relevant chinese laws and regulations that prohibited imports of relevant animals and animal products from countries infected by asf. finally china stated that it needed to evaluate further the measures taken by the european union since a number of cases of asf had still been detected in recent months in the region of podlaskie poland. in october 2015 the european union again raised concerns about chinas bans due to african swine fever asf . china had imposed a ban on eu pork and pork products since february 2014 without applying regionalization and without scientific justification or clarification on how and when it would recognize the stringent zoning measures put in place in the european union to allow the prompt resumption of safe trade. the european union had requested several times that china provide a risk assessment justifying the country-wide ban and the non-recognition of the eu zoning measures but china had failed to respond. the european union asked china to respect its regionalization obligations under the sps agreement and to allow trade of safe products. china replied that its measures were entirely based on science and safety considerations. it was a major pig producer and as such subject to great losses in case the disease entered the country. china indicated that the measures were in line with relevant chinese laws and regulations and stated that it needed to further evaluate the eu measures since a number of asf cases had still been detected in recent months in the region of podlaskie poland. in march 2016 the european union again raised concerns about chinas bans due to african swine fever asf . china had imposed a ban on eu pork and pork products since february 2014 without applying regionalization and without scientific justification or clarification on how and when it would recognize the stringent zoning measures put in place in the european union to allow the prompt resumption of safe trade. the european union highlighted that like china it was an important pork producer and thus needed to be prudent citing the free flow of goods through the eu market as an example of guaranteeing3 safe trade within its own market but also for its exports. the european union had requested several times that china provide a risk assessment justifying the country-wide ban and the non-recognition of the eu zoning measures but china had failed to respond. the european union asked china to respect its regionalization obligations under the sps agreement and to allow trade of safe products. china replied