[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TIME FOR FREE MARKETS IN JAPAN

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, my colleague from the other side is 
right. Japan has been playing Uncle Sam for a fool. Thirty-five years 
is long enough to wait for Japan to join the world of free markets. 
Every President since JFK has been baffled and frustrated by Japanese 
resistance to free trade. We have had decades of handshakes, smiles, 
and bows from Japanese leaders. Each time we have offered friendship 
they have offered arrogance. Each time we have offered compromise, they 
have built walls to protect their outmoded industries. Enough is 
enough.
  Mr. Speaker, if Japan will not honor the rules of free trade then 
America must impose punitive tariffs on Tokyo's products and cars are 
only the tip of that iceberg. Mr. Speaker, I do not want a trade war, 
but if the Japanese keep their markets closed to North Carolina 
farmers, North Carolina textiles, and North Carolina technology, they 
can no longer have free access to our markets. It is time Tokyo got 
with the program. It is time the Japanese Government joined the 20th 
century.

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