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 CIS NO: 80-S721-35
 TITLE: Impact of Non-Tariff Barriers on the Ability of Small Business To
     Export to Japan.
 SOURCE: Committee on Small Business. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+424 p.
 DATE: June 25, 1980
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 96-2              SUDOC: Y4.Sm1/2:N73
 ITEM NO: 1049
 LC CARD NO: 80-603719               MC ENTRY NO: 81-1086

 Hearing to consider the impact on small business of Japanese nontariff
 barriers (NTBs) restricting U.S. exports to Japan.
   Includes submitted correspondence (p. 415-424).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan nontariff trade barriers, impact on US small
     business exports
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): JAPAN (Nontariff trade
     barriers, impact on US small business exports); FOREIGN.TRADE; SMALL
     BUSINESS

 80-S721-35 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 25, 1980 p. 4-178
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KATZ, ABRAHAM (Asst Sec, Intl Economic Policy, Commerce Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Concern about U.S.-Japan trade imbalance
     resulting from Japanese NTBs, including import quotas, product testing
     standards, and Buy-Japan policies; review of U.S. industries affected by
     NTBs; explanation of U.S. current and proposed actions to remove or
     reduce NTBs and improve U.S. markets in Japan.
 INSERTIONS: "Japan's Nontariff Barriers," Commerce Dept Intl Trade Admin,
     status rpt prepared for committee (p. 54-70).
       "Tokyo Round Trade Agreements," Commerce Dept Intl Trade Admin,
     summary of 1973-79 Multilateral Trade Negotiation issues, pamphlet
     series, May-June 1980 (p. 71-178).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan nontariff trade barriers, impact on US small
     business exports
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.COMMERCE;
     MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ("Tokyo Round Trade Agreements,"
     Commerce Dept pamphlet series); GOVERNMENT.AND.BUSINESS; INDUSTRIAL
     STANDARDS

 80-S721-35 TESTIMONY NO: 2         June 25, 1980 p. 179-241
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KOWALSKY, MICHAEL J. (pres, Cigar Assn)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Briefing on U.S. cigar industry marketing
     problems in Japan.
 INSERTION: "Complaint Under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974," Cigar
     Assn complaint before Office of Spec Rep for Trade Negotiations alleging
     Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corp. violation of GATT provisions, Mar.
     14, 1979 (p. 192-238).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan nontariff trade barriers, impact on US small
     business exports
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): CIGAR ASSOCIATION; TOBACCO
     AND TOBACCO INDUSTRY; OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TRADE
     NEGOTIATIONS (Japanese tobacco co GATT violations, Cigar Assn
     complaint); GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (Japanese tobacco
     co GATT violations, Cigar Assn complaint); JAPAN TOBACCO AND SALT
     PUBLIC CORP. (GATT violations, Cigar Assn complaint); TRADE ACT
     (Japanese tobacco co GATT violations, Cigar Assn complaint)

 80-S721-35 TESTIMONY NO: 3         June 25, 1980 p. 245-390
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MYERS, STEVEN D. (mgr, intl pub aff, Amway Corp)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Recommendations to expand American small
     business activity in Japan.
 INSERTIONS: "Special Progress Report," U.S.-Japan Trade Study Group,
     committee and product area rpts on efforts to increase U.S.-Japan trade,
     Apr. 1980 (p. 267-330).
       "Japan -- Is the Market Open? A View of the Japanese Market Drawn from
     U.S. Corporate Experience," Frank A. Weil and Norman D. Glick, Law and
     Policy in Intl Business, Vol 11, No 3, 1979 (p. 331-390).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan nontariff trade barriers, impact on US small
     business exports
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): U.S.-JAPAN TRADE STUDY GROUP
     ("Special Progress Report"); WEIL, FRANK A. ("Japan -- Is the Market
     Open? A View of the Japanese Market Drawn from U.S. Corporate
     Experience"); GLICK, NORMAN D. ("Japan -- Is the Market Open? A View
     of the Japanese Market Drawn from U.S. Corporate Experience"); AMWAY
     CORP.

 80-S721-35 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Additional Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LEHRMAN, DONALD (vp, intl planning, Gen Datacomm Industries, Inc, p.
        242-245)
     MORRIS, JULIAN C. (pres, Automotive Parts and Accessories Assn, p.
        391-414)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Impact of Japanese NTBs on represented
     industries.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan nontariff trade barriers, impact on US small
     business exports
 DESCRIPTORS: GENERAL DATACOMM INDUSTRIES; ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT AND
     INDUSTRY; AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ASSOCIATION; AUTOMOBILES
     AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY