Global economy

During our last mini-vacation, we had (bad) sushi in more than one place. Generally run by Chinese these eating establishment offer quantity at the obvious expense of quality, presentation and taste. 

Not only that, every time we eat sushi we order a Japanese beer. More often than not it happens to be Sapporo, sometimes it's Kirin and one time during that trip it was Asahi. 

The beer was okay and after a cursory look at its label, my eye got stuck on an innocuous be highly revealing detail: “Product of Italy”. Wow! I couldn’t believe my eyes! 

A fast searched on Google denied that fact, but a second one with is photo as a backup, confirmed that Asahi Super Dry wss also brewed in Italy due to Asahi's acquisition of Peroni Brewery in 2016. 

This allows them to produce the beer locally for European markets (and evidently US) for obvious production cost reasons. According to Kirin, the beer is brewed using the same recipe and ingredients as in Japan, maintaining its signature "Karakuchi" (dry) taste. 

This goes a long way in showing how futile and out of step with reality Trump’s tariff battle is and that the global economy is here to stay...