Pane relief: glass pact smooths way for foreign suppliers in Japan

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An agreement reached in Dec 1995 between US and Japanese negotiators over access to the flat glass market seems to be producing unprecedented, though modest, results. While Japanese glassmakers Asahi Glass, Central Glass, and Nippon Sheet Glass may be counting on high entry costs to limit newcomers' market share, a high yen and closer customer attention to the bottom line are forcing changes favorable to US suppliers. These will render glass a commodity, making special service and established connections less valuable.

Flat Glass Manufacturing, Flat glass, Window & Cast Flat Glass, International trade, Glass industry

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New world, few orders: Japan's arms makers feel the post-Cold War heat

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Japan's reductions in weapons acquisition threaten to cripple many of the small subcontractors that supply components and technology to the large manufacturers. To pressure the government to end its ban on weapons exports and help them reach a new market, many of these firms will have to raise their profile, risky in such a pacifist environment. Still, with $20 billion in annual revenue and 160,000 workers, defense contractors have a loud voice. Cooperation with the US, while problematic, may also provide help.

Defense industry

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Reason and rhetoric

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Member nations discussed the future role of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the NAM summit held at Jakarta in Sep 1992. African and Middle East members agreed with Pres Suharto of Indonesia, the chairman of the summit, who advocated a meaningful dialogue with the industrialized North. Asian countries endorsed the viewpoint of the Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad, who stressed the importance of NAM members resisting pressures from developed countries in the post-Cold War context.

Evaluation, Developing countries, International relations, Industrialized countries, Mahathir Mohamad, Suharto, Summit meetings, 1992 AD, Non-Aligned Movement

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