Trade with Japan: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, August 26, September 18, 1980

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Page 1 - Commission conducts investigations to determine whether an article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article.
Page 110 - The Ministry of International Trade and Industry decided to establish in Japan industries which require intensive employment of capital and technology, industries that in consideration of comparative cost of production should be the most inappropriate for Japan, industries such as steel, oil refining, petro-chemicals, automobiles, aircraft, industrial machinery of all sorts, and later electronics, including electronic computers.
Page 111 - Key governmental departments, such as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Ministry of Finance...
Page 168 - NMTBA, on behalf of the American machine tool industry, is devoting its own resources to the development and maintenance of international markets everywhere in the world. The Association has three...
Page 214 - The fruit is marketed in both fresh and processed forms. The league speaks on behalf of the California-Arizona citrus fruit industry on matters of general concern such as legislative, foreign trade, and other similar topics. Representatives of the league have devoted much time and effort to the promotion of exports and have concerned themselves with international trade problems since early in the 1920's.
Page 2 - To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the rate of duty on olives.
Page 226 - President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr.
Page 110 - Japan, industries such as steel, oil refining, petrochemicals, automobiles, aircraft, industrial machinery of all sorts, and electronics, including electronic computers. From a short-run, static viewpoint, encouragement of such industries would seem to conflict with economic rationalism. But, from a long-range viewpoint, these are precisely the industries where income-elasticity of demand is high, technological progress is rapid, and labour productivity rises fast.
Page 110 - Industry proliferate sectoral targets and plans; they confer, they tinker, they exhort. This is the 'economics by admonition...
Page 92 - For this purpose, technical regulations shall not be more trade-restrictive than necessary to fulfil a legitimate objective, taking account of the risks non-fulfilment would create. Such legitimate objectives are, inter alia: national security requirements; the prevention of deceptive practices; protection of human health or safety, animal or plant life or health, or the environment.

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