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 CIS NO: 90-J841-14
 TITLE: Japanese Market: How Open Is It?
 SOURCE: Committee on Economic. Joint
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+83 p.
 DATE: Oct. 11, 1989
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 101-1             SUDOC: Y4.Ec7:J27/15
 ITEM NO: 1000-B; 1000-C             PUB NO: S.Hrg.101-531
 LC CARD NO: 90-600848               MC ENTRY NO: 90-13897

 Hearing to assess the extent and nature of Japanese market barriers to U.S.
 trade in light of concerns about the openness of Japanese markets.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan mkt barriers to US trade, extent and nature
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): JAPAN (Mkt barriers to US
     trade, extent and nature); IMPORT RESTRICTIONS

 90-J841-14 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Oct. 11, 1989 p. 1-83
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PRESTOWITZ, CLYDE V. (Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for
        International Peace)
     LAWRENCE, ROBERT Z. (Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution)
     AHEARN, RAYMOND J. (Specialist, Trade Relations, Foreign Affairs and
        National Defense Division, CRS)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Extent and nature of Japanese market barriers
     to U.S. trade; doubted value of bilateral negotiations to open Japanese
     markets in light of Japanese societal and corporate practices which
     restrict U.S. trade (related tables, graph, p. 33-39).
       Analysis of the relationship between Japanese market barriers and high
     prices of imported goods in Japan; highlights of recent CRS report on
     the prospects for greater market openness in Japan; suggestions for U.S.
     trade policy to open Japanese markets.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan mkt barriers to US trade, extent and nature
 DESCRIPTORS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE; FOREIGN.CORPORATIONS;
     STATISTICAL DATA: FOREIGN TRADE; NEGOTIATIONS; PRICES