The new cold war

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Fred Bergen, director of the Institute for International Economics, has co-authored a book analysing the trade barriers between Japan and the US and how government and corporations could work to end them. US sanctions, GATT negotiations, and other solutions are discussed.

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Difficult to rig: Japan's chip market

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The efforts of the Electronic Industries of Association of Japan to raise semiconductor imports have increased US share of the Japanese chip market to 16%. US-made semiconductors are more suited to industrial uses. This helps boosts consumer electronics sales.

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Leader of the pack

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Obsessive fear of losing the top global economic ranking leads to bad economic policies such as trade protectionism and industrial subsidies. US policy needs to aim at domestic productivity and growth, not at beating the Japanese.

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