

<head> Tipster Topic Description


<num> Number: 108


<dom> Domain: International Economics 


<title> Topic: Japanese Protectionist Measures


<desc> Description:

Document will report on Japanese policies or practices which help protect 
Japan's domestic market from foreign competition.


<smry> Summary:

Document will report on Japanese policies or practices which help protect 
Japan's domestic market from foreign competition.


<narr> Narrative:

A relevant document will identify a Japanese law or regulation, a 
governmental policy or administrative procedure, a corporate custom, or a 
business practice which discourages, or even prevents, entry into the 
Japanese market by foreign goods and services.  A document which reports 
generally on market penetration difficulties but which does not identify a 
specific Japanese barrier to trade is NOT relevant. 


<con> Concept(s):

1. Japan

2. Ministry of International Trade and Industry, MITI, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs

3. protectionism, protect

4. tariff, subsidy, quota, dumping, obstruction, retaliation

5. structural impediment, product standard

6. trade dispute, barrier, tension, imbalance, practice

7. market access, free trade, liberalize, reciprocity

8. Super 301, 301 clause


<fac> Factor(s):

<nat> Nationality: Japan

</fac>


<def> Definition(s):