Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 26, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 1985 Page 17 j business japans Trade policy smiles and barriers by David Lipsey and John Huxley the sunday London it was the color of Terence Spurl Ings sherbet Lemons that the Japa Nese foodstuffs inspectors took exception it was they hastened to assure its effect on the digestive system that worried them so much As its effect on the something to do with the optical Quality of the explains managing director of tre Bor i must it was the first id heard of sweets posing a risk to before Trebor could sell the sweets to japans 125 million con the color had to be the Sulphur dioxide Content of the glucose also had to be reduced to meet the japanese health its a real says but perhaps they know something the rest of the world is it really the Trebor yellow peril to japanese schoolchildren that moved the inspectors or was Spurlings experience an example of the no Tariff barriers japans competitors accuse her of using to keep foreign goods out Spurling diplomatically refuses to but he admits the japanese Market has proved hard to penetrate since tre Bor began trying in the Early tremors total japanese sales of about Canadian Are still not sufficient to generate a profit in a Market that remains expensive to will Trebor pull out we Are determined to says but we Are forced to look at the situation very it will be resolved one Way or another Over the next few problems like tremors make Margaret Thatcher see Dur ing the Bonn the British prime minister sat Down with Yasu Hiro the japanese prime in the British ambassadors residence overlooking the Rhine for what by All a very Frank talk his govern she had provided a package of Aid and soft Loans that made the awarding of the Mil lion Canadian bosporus Bridge contract to a japanese led consortium in preference to Britain Cleveland Bridge inevitable and wildly we keep open our markets to people who dont keep theirs open to Thatcher told she gave him credit for genuinely trying to raise japanese imports but unless that leads rapidly to increased protectionist pressures in Europe and America will inevitably order threatened thatchers aides were even too often our exporters Are met with impenetrable smiles and impenetrable barriers one said in the eyes of the six Western leaders in japans Trade sur plus is a threat to the Liberal worlds trading japans Trade showed a surplus of billion in the year ending in March beating the previous world record Trade sur plus set by saudi Arabia in imports Are lower than in the main sufferer is japans surplus with the United states grew from billion in 1983 to billion in fueling the protectionist sentiment sweeping through the Reagan administration toyed with setting Japan import forcing her to increase Het Pur chases from the United states or face but Washington decided that would run counter to its own philosophy that Market shares should be decided by a it has set out to make sure the terms of Competition Are by looking in minute detail at individual japanese and the obstacles they under the Moss Market oriented sector selective four particular areas Forest and pharmaceuticals and medical equip ment Are being liter ally hundreds of officials from imports Washington have been flying to and from forcing top japanese officials to open the american officials have been find ing a set of obstacles deeply embed ded in japanese for in tight medical coteries promote certain drugs and do their utmost to keep competitive medi Cines out of the this system is reinforced by the japanese prac Tice known As am Kudari liter descent from health ministry bureaucrats can expect to retire to compatible jobs with the drug companies so Long As their rec Ord of making matters awkward for foreign drug firms is judged Satis the drugs Industry is an extreme example but american officials relay a Long catalogue of com it takes at least nine Days for imports to Clear japanese Cus Toms one Day 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favored by shippers on Japa Nese japanese shippers use the smaller yet japanese firms make the bigger and Are allowed to run them empty along the same roads that foreign shippers want to use them As Trade Wil Liam told japanese maps ear Lier this year we cannot under stand that High cube containers exported by Japan Are in wide use All Over the but that the very same High cube containers Are not allowed on japanese changing target american frustrations Are echoed in negotiating with the Jap anese is like shooting at a changing As soon As you shoot one restriction another is put in its an official at the depart ment of Trade and Industry one dispute centres on aerospace sales of the bae 146 Are at present held up by bureaucratic wrangles Over safety which is convenient for the japanese Manu which is currently develop ing a very similar time is running out for Britain motor component manufacturers according to Adrian Potter of automotive few industrialists have worked harder than pot Ter to break into in he led a Mission sponsored by the society of motor manufacturers and traders to Tokyo a year later the smut invited the japanese Back to London for talks with individual British but the results so far have been As we have Learned from the saying is a Long Way from Potter last year Britian imported Mil lion Canadian of components from Japan but exported Only million Canadian there is a feeling of frustration says Anthony director Gen eral of the while Strong and efficient British companies Are sell ing successfully throughout Europe and to their efforts have achieved Little Success in Fraser and Potter do not blame Tariff so much As the Verti Cal integration of the japanese Auto which influences makers to buy parts from component companies in which they have a financial but Potter insists that Over a wide British products Are competitive on reliability and i think political pressure now is needed to bring says thatchers Strong words in Bonn those of Norman the Trade Secretary encourage him to believe that the push is now getting under Nakasone is manoeuvring skilfully to head off the threat of a Trade before the on april he announced a so called action pro Gram of measures to improve Access to japanese including tobacco and Tele Communia and he backed it up with a television encouraging each japanese to do his bit to close the Trade Gap by buying an extra a year of foreign Back from he publicly introduced his Cabinet to implement measures to open japans Market steadily and As sche ministers were solemnly sent off on a shopping spree for foreign in Public relations Naka Sones Campaign has succeeded in enabling just to hold his Bonn critics at but the whopping prices his minis ters paid for their shopping shows one obstacle to the Low yen and the extravagant Japa Nese distribution system make it hard for foreign goods to compete on these foreign products Are certainly Keiichi commented the americans Are convinced of the importance of the Exchange a year Donald then Treasury pushed Japan into agreeing a set of financial liberalisation designed o revalue the under regans Japan last May agreed to a package of de tailed technical reforms for exam liberalising the Market for certificates of Deposit and removing interest rate ceilings on Large de nomination deposits to remove these unfair at the time outside observers doubted whether the japanese would carry out what they these at have been on the Treyve done what they said they were going to a British official but so it has failed to have the predicted at 250 the United states Dollar is now 15 per cent weaker than at its 1984 but still Well above its end1982 Low of 275 and nowhere near the Levels that would make american goods truly no bargain even if the Dollar does foreign goods will not be a bargain in most exporters Are forced to use a japanese import agent to get round the distribution barriers in the coun try and the import agents Mark up adds substantially to a Bow 323 that costs yen in West Germany retails at yen in the More honest of Nakasone advisers admit the in the Short As far As consumer goods Are i cant be optimistic that the Trade Gap can be says one of Naohiro he sees a better Chance in consumer goods components and in capital goods but not in the Short in the longer if Amaya is the japanese Trade surplus will be with us for some years to come final Western patience snaps and a real Trade War careers arbs roast beef restaurant offers you an Opportunity to be part of the newest and Best team of salespeople in town at our new restaurant at 1573 Regent Avenue we can provide hours based on your needs movement Early morning Day a evening competitive salaries paid training unif0rms employee discounts food service experience customer service experience Are helpful but not you must be at least 16 years if you Are looking for an Friendly place to work in a new modern come see whether you Are a a a student or person looking for a career we have a place 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