U.S. tariff appears to backfire; Japan is retaliating for 63% charge on computer screens

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The Japanese are retaliating against the United States consequent to a 63 percent tariff that was imposed in Jul 1991, by the US, on Japanese flat-panel display screens for laptop and notebook computers. Some Japanese companies have decided that they will not ship any screens to the US, and Toshiba Corp has decided to move offshore, where it can get screens without paying the tariff. A spokesman for Toshiba says it is his company's policy to manufacture near customers. If the US tariff is removed, says the spokesman, Toshiba will return to the US. Some of the largest American computer companies, including IBM, Apple Computer Inc and Compaq Corp, do not favor duties on flat-panel displays because they depend on Japanese suppliers. The American flat-panel screen industry, they say, is not able to supply displays that are needed.

Computer terminals, United States, International aspects, Computer peripherals industry, Japanese foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Electroluminescent displays, International competition (Economics), Flat panel displays, Video monitors, Free trade, Electroluminescent display systems, Japanese Competition, Tariff, Flat Panel Display

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U.S. trade talks with Japan gain; two sides agree to write new pact on supercomputers

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Progress is being reported between Japanese and American negotiators in trade talks concerning a new agreement that would give American supercomputer manufacturers better access to the Japanese market. Negotiators say they have agreed to scrap a failed 1987 agreement in order to work out new language on the subject. Supercomputer makers argue that they do not have fair access to contracts put up for bid by the Japanese government and universities there. The manufacturers claim that the Japanese government always awards the contracts to the lowest bidder even if another computer is twice as powerful and only costs a dollar more. American manufacturers also complain that Japanese companies often discount their products up to 80 percent just to gain entry into a big market like a university.

Laws, regulations and rules, Prevention, Economic policy, Supercomputers, Negotiations, Supercomputer, Restraint of trade, Commerce, Government Regulation, Negotiation, Trade Deficit

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