. The ultimate success of the negotiations largely depends on the attitudes of the USA, the EC and Japan. What are the main …

It is now acknowledged even by US officials that Japan's recent efforts to liberalize trade have been remarkable. Our … author, who has recently published a book on "Japan's Options for the 1980s", argues that the continuing EEC complaints about … Japan's behaviour as a trading partner are unjustified: Japan is simply being made a scapegoat for the EEC's own failures. …