Japan's rice price controls expose US trade deal hypocrisy

Japan's rice price controls expose US trade deal hypocrisy

While Japan was negotiating agricultural market access with the United States, Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi was busy implementing policy to abandon competitive bidding and set rice prices by government decree. This contradiction between Japan’s negotiating position and its domestic policy demonstrates a dangerous erosion of crisis standards that threatens both bilateral trade relations and the […] The post Japan’s rice price controls ex…

FPSA - US ag groups praise trade deal with Japan

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Japan Deal to Include Larger Rice Quotas, Purchase Promises

The White House said in a fact sheet that Japan will immediately expand import quotas on rice, allowing for 75% more U.S. rice sales to that country's buyers. The administration said Japan has promised to buy...