Report of the Japan-United States Economic Relations Group

摘要

The Japan-United States Economic Relations Group, consisting of eight private citizens of the two countries, was established pursuant to a joint communique of May 2, 1979 from the late Prime Minister Ohira and President Carter. The purpose of the Group is to examine factors affecting the bilateral economic relationship over the longer-run and make recommendations to the President and the Prime Minister designed to strengthen it. The Group's report examines a broad range of bilateral and multilateral issues relating to Japan-United States economic relations. These include such matters as inadequate consultative mechanisms between the two governments, mistaken or outdated perceptions of each country in the other country, inadequate American economic performance, lagging liberalization of the Japanese market, unresolved energy issues, and the politicization of economic and trade disputes.