ZEN AND THE ART OF TRADE NEGOTIATION.

Explores various issues concerning the free-trade negotiation between Japan and the U.S. in the 1980s. Factors that contribute to trade deficit of the U.S.; Private sectors wherein U.S. products are thought to be competitive; Details of Japanese-managed capitalism; Effect of the U.S. government's negotiating strategy on trade barriers set by Japan; Results of a summit meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.