I found it always strange that Japanese for a long time held an exclusive trade deal with the dutch, ca 17th century. The dutch are not exactly known for their

I found it always strange that Japanese for a long time held an exclusive trade deal with the dutch, ca 17th century. The dutch are not exactly known for their indirectness. (I'm saying this a dutch person) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Netherlands_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Netherlands_rela...