Quote Originally Posted by Sir Burr View Post
The reason why rice is protected in Japan isn't because they are afraid that one day they will be held to economic ransom. That just doesn't make sense. There are too many countries that export rice. to think that all of them will refuse to sell rice to Japan isn't realistic.
And if by chance they did get held to ransom, lots of western countries would be willing to sell them bread as a substitute, followed by selling them low-carb diets.

And now...
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