Rice is sold at a store in Annapolis, Maryland on April 4, 2025. Japan has set an annual quota of 770,000 tonnes that can arrive tariff free. - AFP
TOKYO: The government may propose increasing duty-free imports of US rice in negotiations over US. tariffs, according to government sources.
The United States has said that it would be difficult for it to revise tariffs on imports of automobiles, which is Japan’s top priority. Tokyo hopes to break the deadlock by making a bold proposal on rice tariffs, which US President Donald Trump views as problematic.
