Politicized 'bulk buying' of problematic seafood
China DailySHI YU/CHINA DAILY The world's largest economy has finally kept its word. The superpower, known for breaking promises, has tried to offset China's ban on Japanese seafood by buying 1 metric ton of scallops from Japan after a G7 trade ministers' meeting it led in Sakai, Osaka, called for repealing the ban on Japanese seafood over nuclear contamination concerns. Reports said that US soldiers stationed on vessels and in military bases in Japan will be fed the seafood. It's always trying to pit one nation against another to retain its hegemony, but whether nations are allies or rivals, the US remains insincere to both. Of course, the act of purchasing Japanese seafood despite risks of nuclear contamination is a foolish deed that might threaten the lives of US soldiers.
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