The current WTO accord allows Japan to exempt rice from tariff imposition. In return for this concession, Japan started the minimum access rice import in April 1995, with 4% of domestic rice consumption, gradually increasing to 8% (that is, Japan does not apply a tariff to foreign rice roughly up to 8% of rice consumption in Japan). The WTO accord requires additional and acceptable concessions in return (that is, Japan has to lower tariffs on other agricultural imports in order to apply an "exceptional" rule to Rice imports). Accordingly, access of American rice to the Japanese market is achieved as the result of competition with other exporting countries on appropriate varieties, quality, and prices for the Japanese market. Interestingly, Japan exported some of the rice it imported under a WTO agreement to foreign countries, including some South East Asian countries. The practice of "minimum access rice import" (as described above) and re-export of imported rice to foreign countries indicate ______ behavior in Japan. Group of answer choices protectionism free trade