@sun trump 2 was profoundly bad for the japanese economy, partly due to the government being completely unable to negotiate favorable terms for anything. there was a point in 2025 where JP paid more tariffs than CN
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Our Offer: American potato (nobody wants this)

You Receive: incurable invasive potato pest that will destroy your native crop for sure

Accept or we will attack
@mono how come raw eggs are safe in japan but not america
@sun because of a very bad and evil thing called "barriers to trade" (safety standards, strategic food security) that must be abolished immediately
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@mono @sun EU eggs are not that far from Japanese eggs, but we still don't eat them raw. It's mostly a cultural thing, Japan started eating raw eggs in the Meiji period, which later incentivized the stricter standards.

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