The USA Rice Federation says they’re extremely disappointed that rice was left out of the preliminary trade agreement between the US and Japan. California rice farmer and chair of the organization Charley Mathews says the industry expects to be included in subsequent rounds of talks.
A representative of the organization tells Brownfield USA
Rice wants the trade agreement to address access issues to the market. While Japan is the 3rd largest
importer of US rice, the association says the current system is manipulated by
the Japanese government.
