May 25, 2019 · After President Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, the United States started pressuring Japan to open its market up to American companies and reduce the trade …

The economic issues tended to stem from the ever-widening United States trade and payments deficits with Japan, which began in 1965 when Japan reversed its imbalance in trade with the …

May 20, 2019 · NPR's Audie Cornish talks with political science professor Kristin Vekasi about comparisons between the U.S. trade conflict with Japan in the '80s and Trump's current …

Jul 3, 2018 · For approximately a decade, Japan and the United States engaged in a small-scale trade war. The United States achieved a tactical victory in the war with the 1985 Plaza Accord …

Dec 1, 2021 · The United States recorded a modest bilateral merchandise trade deficit with Japan in 1965, but this had risen to US$54 billion by 1986 and almost US$67 billion by 1994 (Fig. 1). …

The war is a trade war; the opponent is Japan. It is a war that the United States professes not to want1 and Japan can ill afford. Yet it is a war that both countries seem determined to win....

15 hours ago · 1982: The lumber war between the US and Canada. ... Prior to the tariffs, the US had a massive trade deficit with Japan. In 1986, the deficit was about $55bn. The deficit …

The 1986 US.-Japan semiconductor trade agreement ranks among the most controversial trade policy actions of the 1980s. In this agreement the govern- ment of Japan agreed to end the …

Aug 12, 2019 · The United States triggered a trade war against China with the objectives of: (i) reducing the bilateral trade deficit; and (ii) stopping unfair trade practices by Chinese firms …

May 4, 2021 · This chapter traces the evolution of the US-Japan trade war from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s as it expanded beyond imports and exports to include broader macroeconomic, …