Why China's Buying Rice From America

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The International Rice Research Institute says China is the world's largest producer of rice. It produces 200 million tons of rice a year, and it imports very little. But last year, China agreed to buy two shipping containers of American rice, a product it arguably doesn't need or want.

Today on the Indicator, the mystery of China's American rice purchase: what it is, why it happened, and what it tells us about global trade.

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