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Comment: US trade relations with Japan

  • UPSC 1994
  • 20 marks
  • Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy

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US–Japan trade relations are the classic case of economic rivalry inside a security alliance. From the 1960s Japan, which Richard Rosecrance called the model "trading state" (The Rise of the Trading State, 1986), ran persistent surpluses with the United States while relying on American protection. Washington's response swung between liberal patience and mercantilist pressure, and…

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