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 CIS NO: 92-S361-31
 TITLE: Japan's Keiretsu System.
 SOURCE: Committee on Finance. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iv+149 p.
 DATE: Oct. 16, 1991
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-1             SUDOC: Y4.F49:S.hrg.102-517
 ITEM NO: 1038-A; 1038-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.102-517
 MC ENTRY NO: 92-16730

 Hearing to examine the impact on U.S. industries of possible Japanese
 anticompetitive business practices, focusing on Japanese keiretsu system of
 rigidly structured manufacturer and supplier relationships that tend to
 exclude market participation by outside competitors.
   Supplementary material (p. 43-149) includes witnesses' prepared
 statements and submitted statements.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan anticompetitive business practices, impact on US
     industry
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): JAPAN (Anticompetitive
     business practices, impact on US industry); COMPETITION;
     FOREIGN.CORPORATIONS; ECONOMIC.CONCENTRATION; FOREIGN.TRADE

 92-S361-31 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Oct. 16, 1991 p. 13-27, 55-62
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     REILLY, JOHN P. (President and CEO, Tenneco Automotive; representing
        Auto Parts Advisory Committee)
     MEAD, DANA (Executive Vice President, International Paper;
        representing American Paper Institute)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Negative impact of keiretsu on represented U.S.
     industrial sectors, with examples and recommendations (related tables,
     p. 58-62).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan anticompetitive business practices, impact on US
     industry
 DESCRIPTORS: PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS; AUTO PARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE;
     AMERICAN PAPER INSTITUTE

 92-S361-31 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Additional Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LEVIN, CARL ((Sen, D-Mich), p. 4-13)
     ROSENTHAL, DOUGLAS E. (attorney; former Chief, Anti-Trust Division,
        Foreign Commerce Section, Department of Justice, p. 27-36)
     LINCOLN, EDWARD J. (Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, p. 28-36)
     PICKENS, T. BOONE, JR. (Chairman, Boone Co., p. 37-42, 63-137)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Views and recommendations regarding keiretsu
     impact on U.S. industry.
 INSERTION: 
     -- Mid-America Project, "Keiretsu, USA: A Report on Japanese Cartels
        in Mid-America" July 1991, with charts and bibliography (p. 65-137).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan anticompetitive business practices, impact on US
     industry
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
     ("Keiretsu, USA: A Report on Japanese Cartels in Mid-America");
     BIBLIOGRAPHIES ("Keiretsu, USA: A Report on Japanese Cartels in
     Mid-America"); BOONE CO.