[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            TRADE WITH JAPAN

  (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, at this moment the U.S. Trade Representative 
Mickey Kantor is announcing the action by the United States on autos 
and auto parts under section 301 of our trade laws and the World Trade 
Organization.
  The issue here is clear, opening up the Japanese markets to United 
States autos and auto parts. We are the free marketeers. The Japanese 
are the protectionists in this area.
  Yesterday the Senate passed overwhelmingly on a bipartisan basis 
support for the administration position and last night the gentlewoman 
from Connecticut [Mrs. Johnson] and I introduced the same resolution in 
the House.
  It says,

       The House strongly supports the decision by the President 
     to impose trade sanctions on Japanese products in accordance 
     with section 301, unless an acceptable accord with Japan is 
     reached in the interim that renders such action unnecessary.

  Let us, as the Senate did, support this effort on a bipartisan basis. 
For the first time the industry is united. Let us be united and let us 
negotiate this out with the Japanese so we open up their markets to our 
goods as our markets are open to their goods.


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