ABSTRACT

First published in 1982, the editors and authors of this book examine the United States’ 1973 embargo on the export of soybeans and its effects on U.S.-Japanese relations. Although eventually shipment of soybeans to Japan resumed, the embargo temporarily soured the friendly relations of the two democracies. This book, prepared by a group of Japanese and U.S. scholars, demonstrates how trade relations between the two countries are affected by their internal political situations and by the nature of their respective agricultural industries. U.S.-Japanese Agricultural Trade Relations will be valuable to scholars, policy makers, and others interested in agricultural trade. It should be particularly useful in courses on international trade and on agricultural policy.

part I

Introduction

chapter 1|14 pages

Overview

chapter 2|43 pages

The World Food Situation

Developments During the 1970s and Prospects for the 1980s

part II|128 pages

Agriculture and Agricultural Policy in Japan and the United States

chapter 5|34 pages

Japanese Agricultural Policy

Present Problems and Their Historical Background

part III|122 pages

The Making of Agricultural Policy in Two Democracies

part IV|88 pages

Agricultural Interdependence