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Main Recommendations

The following is a list of recommendations that the Japan-U.S. Business Council and U.S.-Japan Business Council have jointly submitted them to the U.S. and Japanese governments and other parties.

Joint Statement

1983/7 Agenda for Action Trade Laws and Practices, Trade in Services, Agriculture
1984/7 Joint Report of Discussion Group on Industrial Policy
1986/7 Joint Business Recommendations for the New GATT Round
1987/3 Central Role of Telecommunication in Services Trade
1987/4 Joint Letter of Both Councils to President Reagan and Prime Minister Nakasone
1988/10 Joint Business Recommendations for the Interim Review of GATT Uruguay Round
1989/4 Report of the Joint Task Force on U.S.-Japanese Patent System
1989/8 Can a "Result-Oriented"Trade Strategy Work ? - Critical Comment on the ACTPN Report B297
1990/7 Bilateral Forum on Harmonization of the Scientific Principles and Procedures Underlying the Regulation related to Biotechnology
1990/7 Joint Statement on GATT Uruguay Round
1990/7 Multilateral Export Control System
1991/12 Japanese Commentary on the Final Report of the Commissions on U.S.-Japan Relations for the Twenty-First Century
1993/6 Result of Individual Sector Analysis Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Market Access
1993/7 Japanese Commentary on ACTPN Report
1995/7 Joint Position Paper on APEC
1995/7 Joint Report on Macroeconomic Policies/Exchange Rate
1995/7 Joint Report of the Special Joint Task Force Intellectual Property Subgroup
1997/4 Attributes of Success of American Companies in Japan
1998/9 Joint Letter of Both Councils to Minister of Finance, Kiichi Miyazawa
1999/7 Joint Statement on Electronic Commerce
1999/7 Joint Statement on Fraudulent Card Use
1999/7 Joint Statement for successful launch of the New Round of Trade Negotiations at the WTO Seattle Ministerial Conference.
1999/11 Joint Letter of Both Councils on Japan-U.S. Tax Treaty
2000/7 Joint Letter on Cybersecurity and Cyber Crime
2000/11 Joint Statement on Adoption of a Defined Contribution Pension Plan in Japan pdf.file
2004/2 Joint Letter of Both Councils to the Japanese and U.S. authorities urging early ratification of the New Japan-U.S. Tax Treaty
2006/5 Joint Letter of Both Councils to the US authorities on proposed CFIUS reforms
2007/7 A Japan-US Economic Partnership Agreement on Impact and Issues pfd.file
2008/9 Joint Letter of Both Coucils to the US authorities on Secure Trade
2011/7 Joint Statement on Japan-U.S. Cooperation for Japan's Recovery pdf.file
2014/4 Joint Statement on TPP pdf.file
2015/4 Joint Statement : USJBC and JUBC endorce Japan as the best location of permanent secretariat for the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) pdf.file
2016/7 Joint Statement on TiSA negotiations pdf.file
2018/5 Joint Statement : Maintaining Momentum in the U.S.-Japan Economic Relationship pdf.file
2024/3 Joint Comments on US President Biden's statement suggesting opposition to the acquisition of US Steel by Nippon Steel pdf.file
2024/9 Comments on the Reports Regarding the Biden Administration’s Blocking of the Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel Corporation pdf.file

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