A “Shipyard subsidy game” (as a 7 December Wavelength article by Terry Macalister called it) is the last thing Japan wants to see. That is why, at the OECD Working ­Party on Shipbuilding, Japan has raised the issue of certain countries’ massive state support for shipbuilding and has led discussions on bringing international discipline to the industry.

I appreciate that TradeWinds' article drew attention to the important fact that there are many unfair practices all over the world, but I’d like to correct one point.