Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said the devices were made by a Budapest-based company with a license to use its brand.

The deadly simultaneous explosions triggered by hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon have thrust a little-known Taiwanese electronics manufacturer into the global spotlight, after its damaged products were identified in images following the attack.

The company, Gold Apollo, said it had not manufactured the devices, pointing to another company that it said was licensed to use its brand.

Taiwan said Thursday that China's ban on imports of its fruit, vegetables, seafood and other goods violates trade rules, in the latest escalation of tensions between the self-governing island republic and its massive neighbor,

China will remove its tariff exemptions on some agricultural products imported from Taiwan as Beijing continues to ramp up pressure amid growing tensions with the island.

Taiwanese officials have called it an act of "economic coercion," which China has been accused of in the past.