President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice. “They won’t take our RICE,

President Donald Trump is warning Japan that it could face higher tariffs on exports to the United States. His complaint? Trump claims that Japan is refusing to buy American-grown rice, despite having a rice shortage of its own.

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump complained that the key Asian ally was not buying American rice.