US-Japan Automobile Trade Relations

Needs to be updated; current situation as changed Quality is good, but more quantity is necessary
It is unfortunate that the U.S. chose to use automobiles as its wedge to open the alleged 'closed' markets of Japan. One Japan-based managing executive of the Big Three has even admitted that they consider the Japanese automobile market to be open. Japan is not the island of protectionism in a sea of free trade that its critic allege. The problem for the U.S. auto-makers is not a lack of market access, but a lack of effort. The first step required for the U.S. auto makers to sell competitivel…