By Leftlane Staff
Monday, Aug 7th, 2006 @ 4:08 pm

The success of Japanese car manufacturers in the Unites States may largely be due to the pressure put on them in the 1970s to build American factories, says New York Times columnist Micheline Maynard. But pressure didn’t come from just anyone — U.S. automakers insisted their Japanese counterparts bring production to the ‘States. Eventually, Japan and U.S. made an agreement to limits imports, forcing Japanese automakers to open U.S. plants. Detroit figured that the limits would give it time to recoup lost ground, as the Japanese sorted through the complexities of setting up plants and supply chains. But the American carmakers failed to regain that lost ground, and the Japanese only bolstered their public perception by creating jobs for Americans. The rest is history.

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