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...front." Says S. Bruce Smart, Under Secretary of Commerce: "Industries have collectively created a fire storm of concern on Capitol Hill." Calls for tough action on imports are widespread. Senate Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa declared last week that "the Administration's approach has gotten us nowhere." Republican John Danforth of Missouri called the President's decision a "very serious mistake. It puts more and more pressure on Congress to answer the bell of every affected industry...
...Prime Minister's vague program may not be enough to calm the protectionist furor in Congress, where both the House and Senate have overwhelmingly passed resolutions calling on the President to retaliate against Japan unless it reduces import restrictions. Said Republican Senator John Danforth of Missouri: "The problem is not going to be solved by a single Nakasone speech or package of promises. The only thing that counts is results." Agreed Representative John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat: "We essentially have here an unsecured promissory note, and if our negotiations with Japan continue as they have in the past...
...Senate, the Finance Committee reported out legislation that would require Reagan to take action offsetting the increase in Japanese auto imports. "This bill takes the position that unfair trade practices are not going to be removed if all the U.S. does is complain," said Missouri Republican John Danforth, sponsor of the Senate measure. The U.S., he added, must find ways of "inflicting at least some economic pain on the Japanese...
...worth in Japan. As the gap keeps widening, tempers in Washington are growing short. Deeply frustrated by failures to pry open the Japanese market, American policymakers are launching an all-out drive to overcome what they view as Tokyo's intractable resistance to American goods. Says Missouri Republican John Danforth, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee: "I honestly believe that Japan has no interest whatsoever in doing anything other than shipping everything it can into our market, or anybody else's which will have it, and importing absolutely nothing...
Washington officials are increasingly annoyed at Japan for not opening more markets to U.S. firms. Missouri Republican John Danforth, who heads the Senate's International Trade Subcommittee, reflects a growing mood. Said he: "The U.S. has been a sort of benevolent chump. We should find some specific means of inflicting at least some economic pain on the Japanese." Even after the end of controls, Japanese automakers may find that the U.S. is not a very friendly market...