Word: tariffers
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...such exports as beef, oranges and even U.S.-made baseball bats for a baseball-mad country. In almost all those situations, the U.S. has eventually succeeded, at least to some extent. Last October, for example, Japan agreed to open its cigarette market to U.S. manufacturers by suspending its 20% tariff on that product. American cigarette manufacturers estimate that their market in Japan will quintuple, to an estimated $1 billion annually. But in every such case, contends an Administration official, "we have had to land the full power and majesty of the Government on the Japanese. Every single thing...
...Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the beast of the roads, is again growling at the head of the pack. Four years ago, the sole remaining U.S. motorcycle manufacturer was skidding toward bankruptcy and was saved only because the Government slapped a steep tariff on big Japanese bikes. After a swift comeback, the Milwaukee-based firm was able last week to make an unprecedented move: it asked the Administration to drop the tariff. "When we needed help, the Government gave it to us, but we didn't need it anymore," said Vaughn L. Beals, Harley-Davidson's chairman...
...parts of their operations or forming joint ventures with private firms. Most important, by leading his country into the European Community, Gonzalez has opened large new markets for Spain's companies. One unfortunate side effect -- for the U.S., at least -- is that E.C. rules require Spain to boost its tariffs on American grain. The U.S. has threatened to slap a 200% punitive tariff on such European products as Gouda cheese...
...bout a Restrictive Tariff on Soccer Players...
...decision will mainly benefit lumber companies in the American Northwest, which have chafed as the Canadian share of the U.S. softwood lumber market has risen from 19% in 1975 to 33%. But the tariff announcement stirred resentment in Ottawa, where it was pointed out that the U.S. Commerce Department three years ago found the same Canadian export practices to be acceptable. Canadian International Trade Minister Patricia Carney said the latest decision "cannot be justified" and added that her government would "pursue all avenues available to us to argue against this determination." There were worries that the softwood-tariff announcement would...