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...incomes at a ten-year low, the nation's farmers are fighting to survive. In Dallas last week, President Reagan announced a grab bag of new federal plans to ease their burden. Speaking to some 5,000 members of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the country's largest farm organization, he said, "Because these are unusual and critical times . . . we don't have to stand around chewing our cud. To the American farmer, let me say, help...
...Japanese friction: Japan has become the second largest economy in the free world, after the U.S., and it is inevitable that there should be friction between two such economic giants. It would be extraordinary if there were no friction. The major task for business and government leaders is how to deal with it. I see opportunities for experts in both countries to share their wisdom and resources for coexistence. In some sectors, on some subjects, it might be quite feasible to conduct joint research or joint enterprises so that we can open the way for a competitive but cooperative kind...
...help ensure international recognition, christened the company with an inverted English translation of his own name: ishi means stone, and bashi means bridge. After half a century of phenomenal growth, Bridgestone (1981 sales: $3.3 billion) exports 50% of its production and is the world's fourth largest tire manufacturer, behind Goodyear, Michelin and Firestone...
...women's trousers, other apparel and textiles from China in large quantities, the volume has been rising sharply. During the first eleven months of last year, China sold $827 million worth of textiles to the U.S., up 30% from 1981. The country ranks as the fourth-largest textile exporter to the U.S., behind Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea. Unlike those other three, which have agreed to limit the growth rate of their major textile shipments to 1% per year, China has balked. It argued that, since it runs an annual trade deficit of $600 million with...
...efforts are the largest CO2 projects ever. In one, Exxon Corp. and Atlantic Richfield Co. are the major investors in a $350 million, 405-mile underground line that is to begin piping the gas this spring. In the second, Shell Oil Co. and Mobil Oil Corp. are building a 500-mile system that will cost a total of about $1.2 billion. That system, in which Continental Resources Co. also has an interest, is to be finished in the third quarter of next year. The Shell-Mobil project alone could coax out an extra 280 million bbl. and boost output...