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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1183

(6) Japan accounts for 49 percent of the worldwide deficit of the United States in the balance of trade in manufactured goods, calculated on a customs basis; (7) our trade and economic relations with Japan are complex and cannot be effectively resolved through narrow sector-bysector negotiations; (8) a major problem between the United States and Japan is the absence of a political will in Japan to import; and (9) meaningful negotiations must take place at the highest level, at a special summit of political leaders from both countries. (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—

(1) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should propose to the Japanese Prime Minister that a special summit be held between the leaders of the United States and Japan for the purpose of— (A) addressing trade and economic issues, and (B) establishing— (i) an agreement that provides objectives for improvement in trade and economic relations, and (ii) targets for achieving these objectives. (2) The delegation of the United States to the summit meeting described in subsection (a) should include— (A) Members of Congress from both political parties, and > (B) appropriate officers of the executive branch of the United States Government. (3) The delegation of Japan to the summit meeting described in subsection (a) should include— (A) representatives of all political parties in Japan, and (B) appropriate officers of the Government of Japan. SEC. 1307. SUPERCOMPUTER TRADE DISPUTE.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) United States manufacturers of supercomputers have encountered significant obstacles in selling supercomputers in Japan, particularly to government agencies and universities; (2) Japanese government procurement policies and pricing practices have denied United States manufacturers access to the Japanese supercomputer market; (3) it has been reported that officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan have told United States Government officials that Japanese government agencies and universities do not intend to purchase supercomputers from United States manufacturers, or take steps to improve access for United States manufacturers; (4) the United States Government in August 1987 signed an agreement with the Government of Japan establishing procedures for the procurement of United States supercomputers by the Government of Japan; (5) concern remains as to implementation of the procurement agreement by the Government of Japan; (6) there have been all^ations that Japanese manufacturers of supercomputers have been offering supercomputers at drastically discounted prices in the markets of the United States, Japan, and other countries; (7) deep price discounting raises the concern that Japan's large-scale vertically int^rated manufacturers of

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