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 CIS NO: 81-H781-14
 TITLE: Trade With Japan.
 SOURCE: Committee on Ways and Means. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iv+230 p.
 DATE: Aug. 26, Sept. 18, 1980
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 96-2              SUDOC: Y4.W36:96-121
 ITEM NO: 1028
 LC CARD NO: 81-600633               MC ENTRY NO: 81-3133

 Committee Serial No. 96-121. Hearings before the Subcom on Trade to review
 U.S. efforts to reduce U.S.-Japan trade deficit.
   Also considers H. Con. Res. 376, to urge Japan to reduce the trade
 deficit by increasing investment in the U.S. and eliminating trade barriers.
   Supplementary material (p. 101-129, 208-230) includes submitted
 statements, correspondence, and "Japanese Industrial Policy," subcom staff
 compilation of article excerpts (p. 101-129).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US trade deficit reduction
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON TRADE. HOUSE;
     FOREIGN.TRADE; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; JAPAN (Trade deficit with US,
     reduction); FOREIGN.INVESTMENTS (Japanese investment in US, proposed
     increase); NEGOTIATIONS
 BILLS: 96 H.Con.Res.376

 81-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Congressional Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BRODHEAD, WILLIAM M. ((Rep, D-Mich), p. 4-5)
     PEASE, DONALD J. ((Rep, D-Ohio), p. 5-12)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Concern about U.S.-Japan trade imbalance.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US trade deficit reduction

 81-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Aug. 26, 1980 p. 12-101
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HORMATS, ROBERT D. (Dep US Trade Rep)
     BILTCHIK, DAVID (Act Asst Sec, Intl Economic Policy, Commerce Dept)
     STARKEY, JAMES H. (Dep Under Sec, Intl Aff, USDA)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Support for H. Con. Res. 376; overview of
     U.S.-Japan trade problems; status of bilateral negotiations on Japanese
     import quotas and nontariff trade barriers; description of U.S. efforts
     to reduce Japanese trade barriers.
 INSERTION: U.S.-Japan trade balance improvement and trade barriers
     reduction, U.S.-Japan Trade Study Group, spec progress rpt (p. 35-90).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US trade deficit reduction
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE
     REPRESENTATIVE; DEPARTMENT.OF.COMMERCE; DEPARTMENT.OF.AGRICULTURE;
     U.S.-JAPAN TRADE STUDY GROUP (Japan-US trade deficit reduction, rpt)

 81-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Sept. 18, 1980 p. 132-150
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     INGERSOLL, ROBERT S. (former Ambassador to Japan; Chm, Japan-US
        Economic Relations Group)
     DESTLER, I. M. (Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Recommended actions for U.S. and Japan to
     improve trade balance; suggested modifications in U.S. negotiating
     style.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US trade deficit reduction
 DESCRIPTORS: JAPAN-U.S. ECONOMIC RELATIONS GROUP

 81-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Sept. 18, 1980 p. 151-201
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     CAMPOBASSO, THOMAS A. (vp, intl and govt relations, electronics ops,
        Rockwell Intl Corp; also representing Electronic Industries Assn)
     MORGAN, JOHN F. (asst to exec vp, legis and govt agencies,
        Communications Workers of Amer)
     AUSTIN, FRANK J. (exec vp and chief operating officer, Giddings and
        Lewis, Inc.; also representing Natl Machine Tool Builders Assn)
     WEIL, FRANK A. (former Asst Sec, Domestic and Intl Business, Commerce
        Dept)
     SKORNIA, THOMAS A. (vp and gen counsel, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc)
     WILLETT, JOSEPH (vp, Chase financial policy group, Chase Manhattan
        Bank; both representing Semiconductor Industry Assn)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Description of Japanese telecommunication
     equipment procurement policy; overview of and recommendations for U.S.
     public and private efforts to modify Japanese trade barriers; trends in
     U.S.-Japan trade. (p. 151-173)
       Preference and suggestions for structural reforms in Federal policy
     toward business; differences between U.S. and Japanese financing for
     semiconductor industry (rpt summary, tables, p. 186-190). (p. 173-201)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US trade deficit reduction
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP.;
     ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION; COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA;
     NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
     ASSOCIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION (Japanese telecommunication equipment
     procurement policy); GOVERNMENT.CONTRACTS.AND.PROCUREMENT (Japanese
     telecommunication equipment procurement policy); ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT
     AND INDUSTRY (Semiconductor industry, Japan and US financing
     differences); CAPITAL INVESTMENTS (Semiconductor industry, Japan and
     US financing differences); GOVERNMENT.AND.BUSINESS; GIDDINGS AND
     LEWIS, INC.

 81-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 5         Sept. 18, 1980 p. 202-208
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HORMATS, ROBERT D. (Dep US Trade Rep)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Status of U.S.-Japan negotiations on inclusion
     of telecommunications equipment in Multilateral Trade Negotiations
     international procurement code.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese telecommunication equipment procurement policy,
     negotiations with US
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): TELECOMMUNICATION (Japanese
     telecommunication equipment procurement policy);
     GOVERNMENT.CONTRACTS.AND.PROCUREMENT (Japanese telecommunication
     equipment procurement policy); OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE;
     MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS