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 CIS NO: 88-H381-37
 TITLE: Asian Trade Problems.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+156 p.
 DATE: Dec. 5, 1985
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 99-1              SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:As4/22
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 LC CARD NO: 88-601464               MC ENTRY NO: 88-10109

 Hearing before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Subcom on
 International Economic Policy and Trade to review issues and proposals
 related to U.S. trade relations with the Far East, focusing on import
 restrictions.
   Appendices (p. 135-156) include witnesses' written replies to subcom
 questions, and:
 -- Lowinger, Thomas C. (Wash State Univ), "U.S.-Japan Economic
     Relations: A Dispassionate View" (p. 150-156).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Asia-US trade relations
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON INTERNATIONAL
     ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE. HOUSE; SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS.
     HOUSE; FOREIGN.TRADE; ASIA (US-Asia trade relations); JAPAN; IMPORT
     RESTRICTIONS
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.100-418

 88-H381-37 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Dec. 5, 1985 p. 5-79
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SMART, S. BRUCE (Under Sec, Intl Trade, Commerce Dept)
     ALLGEIER, PETER F. (Asst US Trade Rep for Asia and the Pacific)
     PIEZ, WILLIAM (Dep Asst Sec, Bur of East Asian and Pacific Aff, State
        Dept)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Importance of countries in Asia-Pacific region
     as U.S. export markets; review of trade policies of area countries,
     including Japan; objections to proposals to restrict U.S. imports,
     including H.R. 1562, the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of
     1985, and H.R. 3131, the Telecommunications Trade Act of 1985; concern
     about possible foreign retaliation following import restrictions.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Asia-US trade relations
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.COMMERCE;
     OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; PACIFIC
     OCEAN AREA (US-Pacific area trade relations); CLOTHING AND CLOTHING
     INDUSTRY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEXTILE
     AND APPAREL TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE ACT

 88-H381-37 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Dec. 5, 1985 p. 79-133
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KRAUSE, LAWRENCE B. (sr fellow, Brookings Instn)
     SAXONHOUSE, GARY R. (economics prof, Univ of Mich)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Adverse effects and suggested causes of U.S.
     trade deficit; opposition to proposed new U.S. import restrictions on
     Asian trade; comparative appraisal of Japanese and U.S. import
     restrictions; elaboration on policy options to reduce the trade deficit.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Asia-US trade relations
 DESCRIPTORS: BALANCE OF TRADE