President Donald Trump is threatening Japan with higher tariffs over what he claims is the country’s refusal to import American rice.
“To show people how spoiled Countries have become with respect to the United States of America, and I have great respect for Japan, they won’t take our RICE, and yet they have a massive rice shortage,” Trump posted Monday afternoon on Truth Social. “In other words, we’ll just be sending them a letter, and we love having them as a Trading Partner for many years to come.”
Citing Census Bureau trade data, CNN reported that Japan purchased $298 million worth of rice from the U.S. last year and $114 million worth of rice between January and April of this year.
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