[mad_as_he$$]

I respect WW but he is wrong on this. I spent many years getting products into Japan and they are pros at barriers and tariff's. Protectionism is at it's best form in Japan.

[traviskicks]

It is a mystery to me why... it is regarded as a sign of Japanese strength and American weakness that the Japanese find it more attractive to invest in the U.S. than Japan. Surely it is precisely the reverse - a sign of U.S. strength and Japanese weakness. = Milton Friedman

[Pelham]

The Land that perfected the non-tariff trade barrier. We can’t export some ski equipment to Japan because “their snow is different.” And they really used that argument.