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Tokyo blasts US protectionism
TOKYO. May 8: The govern meat Issued ■ trade policy statement Friday criticizing what It described as US protec ttonlst measures and promising Japan would be second to none In promoting free trade, re ports AP
The 1992 white Paper on international Trade, drafted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (M1TIJ and approved by the Cabinet on Friday, also urged the United States to shift its economy to ward domestic production and away from reliance on Imports
"In order to pul the US economy on a path of sustain able growth, the United States should reinforce sufficient abi) tty to export." the paper s summary said
Despite widespread crltl cism from abroad about Japan » own trading practices. Tokyo used unusually strong language to criticize violators of free trade, including the United
The United States, it said, "has begun to depart from GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) regulations tn deploying various protective trade policies and ’agreements on certain products' since the 1970s
The paper said US pressure on Japan to Impose voluntary
export restrictions on cars whs protectionist and chided Washington for Invoking puni ttve measures such as the so called Super 301
Super 301, a law that autho fixes the US government to take action against nations found to be engaging in unfair trade, allows "one side of the countries involved with the conflict (to) 'make unilateral judgement on the basis of the very vague concept of 'unfairness, " the policy paper said
Ironically, usually the United States has been the one to vo cally accuse Japan of pro tec ttontsm.
In March, a US government report identified Japan as the country with the most trade barriers, ranging from its ban on rice imports to its non-tariff barriers on US cars and auto parts.
Japan's persistent trade surplus, which reached a record 113 4 billion dollar in the fiscal year that ended in March, also has been viewed abroad as an Indicator of closed Japanese markets.
Chris Turner.’ an economic analyst at Barclays de Zoete
Wedd Securities, was skeptical about all the talk of defending free trade in the white paper.
"I'm waiting to see it trF tuition." he said The first move has got Io be from Japan "
Although It did not use the trim "protectionist" to describe Japan's own trade policies, the white paper acknowledged a need to open Japanese markets to foreign businesses and to adopt more open business practices. Satoshi Kuwahara, a government trade official who briefed reporters on the white paper, said Japan would play a more assertive role at GATT talks to penalize countries that violate existing international trading rules.
Japan may also withhold economic aid from developing nations that violated free trade, he added.
The white paper expressed concern that the removal of the Communist threat had loosened the Ideological bond that made the United States and other Western nations free-trade crusaders.
As a result, many recession-struck nations arc starting to turn politically and economically Inward. It said