This paper tries to make sense of the recent trade dispute between the U.S. and Japan in autos and auto parts. The … Japan, and that these differences have contributed to the growing bilateral trade deficit in auto parts. The paper also …

In May, 1981, a voluntary export restraint (VER) was placed on exports of automobiles from Japan to the United States …

protectionist policies can in some cases increase aggregate welfare in North America at the expense of Japan …

This paper uses bilateral automobile export unit values from the United States, Germany and Japan to measure the …

Department) brought about a 1986 trade agreement in which the United States forced Japan to end the 'dumping' of semiconductors … years. The antidumping provisions of the 1986 agreement, which later proved to be partly GATT-illegal, resulted in such … 'affirmative action' for the industry in its efforts to sell more in Japan, but has been criticized as constituting 'export …