Sebastian Gorka: “Japan was levying a 7,100% tariff on American rice.”

“I'm not an economist, but when my colleagues here at the National Economic Council tell me, well, I didn't even know that we grow a lot of rice in this country. Yes, we do. Japan. Japan was levying a 7,100% tariff on American rice. And where's the moral justification? Why should American rice farmers be put out of business? Because Japan can have tariffs, but we can't.” (37:40–37:47)

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