CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY by National Research Council NRC

Author:National Research Council NRC
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Engineering and Technology : Policy, Reviews and Evaluations
Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Published: 1996-10-04T00:00:00+00:00

provided to the governments for their review, thereby ensuring a government role in monitoring developments in foreign market access in Japan.

While the initial inter-industry agreement is bilateral, a provision is included that is to permit the European and other semiconductor industries to join the Semiconductor Council once their respective governments have eliminated or agreed to eliminate expeditiously all tariffs on semiconductors. No term is set on the inter-industry agreement, although the two industry associations agreed to review the agreement in three years.

Government-to-Government Agreement

The government-to-government agreement welcomes the inter-industry agreement and affirms the intention of both the U.S. and Japanese governments to support industry-to-industry cooperative efforts. It further provides that the two governments are to hold consultations at least once a year to receive and review the reports on data collected by the industries; to review and discuss the cooperative activities conducted under the inter-industry agreement and market trends and developments, including those relating to competitiveness and foreign participation in major markets; and to discuss government policies and activities affecting the semiconductor industry.

The U.S. and Japanese governments also agree to establish a Global Governmental Forum made up of governments of major semiconductor-producing countries and other interested economies. This Forum is to meet annually to discuss issues that may affect the global semiconductor industry. The organization is to be open to governments without any precondition and its first meeting it to be held no later than 1 January 1997.

The two governments also reaffirm in the agreement the need to avoid the problem of injurious dumping through effective and expeditious antidumping measures, consistent with the GATT and the WTO Antidumping Agreement. The term of the government-to-government agreement is three years, expiring on 31 July 1999.

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