WH Group executive director and CEO Guo Lijun said at an online interim results briefing that the company is responding to international trade frictions by increasing exports of U.S. meat byproducts to China, according to Ming Pao.

For U.S. pork exports, the company is actively seeking other channels such as Mexico, South Korea and Japan. In the China market, it plans to develop more sourcing channels, including Europe and South America, to lower imported meat costs.