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...machine-tool industries that it raise tariffs or slow the pace of imports, it last month increased, from 4.4% to 49.4%, the duty on large Japanese motorcycles, which have captured 85% of the U.S. market. That action came after a plea for help from the Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Motor Co., the lone survivor of 143 companies that once made motorcycles in the U.S. The Administration will soon face a new test of its free-trade philosophy. Last week the International Trade Commission unanimously recommended that the U.S. set quotas limiting the import of some steel products for three years...
...Warren Grossman (H) d (Clark) 6-3, 6-2. Dave Beckman (H) d Louis Nunez (B.C.) 6-4, 7-6, B. Rob Loud (H) d Gary Davidson (URI) 6-4, 6-2, C. Adam Baren (H) d Dan McCornick (URI) 6-1, 6-1; Sy Fountaine (H) d Tom (Providence...
Alfred E. Davidson...
...currently being given, and not to allow their territories to be used for subverting other governments." American signatories of the panel's report included former Cabinet officers Robert McNamara, Elliot Richardson, Edmund Muskie and Cyrus Vance; such business leaders as Banker David Rockefeller and Time Inc. Chairman Ralph Davidson; and retired Air Force General David Jones, who until last June was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...I.T.C. agreed with Harley that the company needed temporary relief from the big wheels of Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda. Since 1978, H-D has lost more than a third of the big-bike market (engines of more than 700-cc displacement) to the Japanese. According to Harley-Davidson Chairman Vaughn L. Beals, 1982 sales of about $200 million were down 20% from the preceding year. One reason for the Japanese success is pricing: Harley's top-of-the-line touring model lists for $8,600, while the comparable Honda Aspencade costs $7,000. According to Harley, the Japanese...