Stephen D. Cohen

An Ocean Apart (eBook, PDF)

Explaining Three Decades of U.S.-Japanese Trade Frictions

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Produktbeschreibung

Closing a critical gap in the literature examining the strained relationship between the U.S. and Japan, this book synthesizes the economic, political, historical, and cultural factors that have led these two nations, both practitioners of capitalism, along quite different paths in search of different goals. Taking an objective, multidisciplinary approach, the author argues that there is no single explanation for Japan's domestic economic or foreign trade successes. Rather, his analysis points to a systemic mismatch that has been misdiagnosed and treated with inadequate corrective measures. This systemic mismatch in the corporate strategy, economic policies, and attitudes of the U.S. and Japan created and is perpetuating three decades of bilateral economic frictions and disequilibria. As long as both the U.S. and Japan deal more with symptoms than causes, bilateral problems will persist. This book's unique analysis will encourage a better understanding on both sides of the Pacific of what has happened, is happening, and will continue to happen if corporate executives and policymakers in the two countries do not better realize the extent of their differences and adopt better corrective measures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313389085
• Artikelnr.: 37830325

Autorenporträt

STEPHEN D. COHEN is Professor of International Relations at The American University's School of International Service in Washington, D.C., specializing in international trade and financial policies. Prior to joining the faculty in 1975, he served as a staff member for the White House-Congressional Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy. Previously, he had been an international economist at the U.S. Treasury Department and served as the Chief Economist of the U.S.-Japan Trade Council from 1969 to 1973. He was a Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics for the 1981-1982 academic year. Among Dr. Cohen's books are International Monetary Reform 1964-1969, The Political Dimension, Uneasy Partnership: Competition and Conflict in U.S.-Japanese Relations and Cowboys and Samurai: Why the United States Is Losing the Battle with the Japanese, and Why it Matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Acronyms What Happened Defining the Nature and Causes of
Structural Problems in U.S.-Japanese Trade Relations A History of
Contemporary Bilateral Trade Relations An Uncompromising Japanese
Interpretation of Trade Frictions An Uncompromising U.S. Interpretation of
Trade Frictions How Not to Explain Bilateral Trade Problems: Myths,
Distortions, and Half-Truths Why It Happened The Domestic Foundations of
Japan's Foreign Trade Performance The Domestic Foundations of the U.S.
Foreign Trade Performance Divergent International Economic Policy
Strategies The Asymmetrical Bilateral Negotiating Process Conclusions
Synthesizing the Arguments Minimizing U.S.-Japanese Trade Frictions in the
Future Selected Bibliography Index