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Japan in Trade Isolation 1926-37 and 1948-85 Contents List of Tables .................................................................................... viii Foreword............................................................................................... xi Acknowledgments............................................................................. xiii PART I: THE PREWAR PERIOD, 1926-37 Chapter 1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ............................................................... 1 1. Introduction ...................................................................... 3 Definitions of Protectionism and Discrimination.............. 9 3. Export Trends of Japan's Main Overseas Markets 14 4. The Japanese Economy in the Survey Period .................. 20 5. Foreign Trade as a Substitute for "Prerequisites" ........... 25 Chapter 2 ANTI-JAPANESE BOYCOTTS AS TRADE BARRIERS IN CHINA ........................................................................................... 31 1. Three Factors in the Deterioration of Japan's Trade with China.................................................................... 33 2. The Anti-Japanese Boycotts in China.............................. 40 3. Japan's Export Distortion: Japanese Exports to Six Regions of China ........................................................ 57 4. Distortion in Japan's Imports from China ........................ 69 Chapter 3 THE DRASTIC DECLINE OF JAPANESE EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES............................................................. 75 1. Introduction to Japan-U.S. Trade Relations .................... 2. U.S. Intellectuals Support the Boycott ............................ 3. Analysis of the Catastrophic Collapse of Silk Exports ................................................................ 4. U.S. Tariffs on Manufactured Japanese Products ........... 77 82 86 97 Chapter 4 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH DISCRIMINATION AGAINST JAPANESE TRADE................................................................... 117 1. Historical Background .................................................. 2. The Japan-Canada Tariff War....................................... 3. Japanese Trade Conflict with British India .................. 4. The Australian Quota System ....................................... 5. Egypt and Middle Eastern Countries ............................ 119 120 143 155 169 Chapter 5 JAPAN-NETHERLANDS TRADE SQUABBLES................... 177 Chapter 6 LATIN AMERICA: THE NEW TRADE FRONTIER ........... 201 1. The Latin American Market............................................ 203 2. Chile and Columbia: The Trade-Balancing System and Treaty Abrogation ..................................................... 207 3. Peru and Mexico: Treaty Abrogation and Voluntary Export Restraints ..................................... 218 4. Argentina and Brazil: Country Substitution under Strict Import Restrictions .................................................... 230 PART II: THE POSTWAR PERIOD, 1948-85 Chapter 7 JAPAN'S ACCESSION TO GATT..........................................243 Chapter 8 APPLYING GATT ARTICLE XXXV TO JAPAN ................ 269 Afterword........................................................................................... 293 APPENDICES I Statistical Tables: 1. Japan's bilateral trade with selected countries ......... 305 2. Japan's principal exports in various regions in China 311 3. Japanese silk exports to the United States, 1925-39. 315 II Original Materials: Unpublished Official Documents 1. The Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo ........................................................................ 317 2. The Public Record Office, London, U.K. ................. 319 3. The National Archives, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. .. 320 4. Supplement: Documents concerning Anti-Japanese , boycotts ........................................................................ 320 NOTES ......................................................................................... 323 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................ 349 INDEX ......................................................................................... 359