The Uruguay Round negotiations are currently passing through a critical phase after four years of strenuous bargaining. The ultimate success of the negotiations largely depends on the attitudes of the USA, the EC and Japan. What are the main contentious issues between these three and how are...

- Der japanische Pazifismus + - Zukunftsoptionen + - Ökonomische und soziale Folgen der Handels-Liberalisierung + - Die militärische Situation im Fernen Osten + Selektiv aus dem Inhalt: + - Die westliche Kritik am Japan + - Wesen und Struktur des japanischen Außenhandels

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...

Introduction / Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha -- Memoirs of Japan, 1925-30 / E.F. Penrose -- Depression and protection / Michael French and Thomas Wilson -- Japan and two world economic depressions / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- The Japanese economy in the interwar period / Takafusa Nakamura --...