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 …

manufacturers, and the fact that some of the most popular Japanese car models are assembled both in Japan and the U.S. We find … evidence that the Japan-assembled cars on average sell for more than those built in the U.S., but the estimated difference is … difference between the Japanese and U.S. built cars. For Hondas and more recent models of Toyotas, the Japan-built cars are no …

advantage as of 1980 to have been only 1-2%, much less than previously estimated. This results from the fact that Japan began …

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

.S. automotive deficit with Japan, transplant production will not cause its elimination …