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From: lm@arizona.edu (Larry McVoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,sci.electronics,comp.arch
Subject: Re: GATT declares U.S. - Japan chip pact illegal
Message-ID: <4663@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 88 17:48:53 GMT
References: <2441@unicus.UUCP> <1259@hubcap.UUCP> <1641@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1813@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <1519@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>
Reply-To: lm@megaron.arizona.edu (Larry McVoy)
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In article <1519@vaxb.calgary.UUCP> radford@calgary.UUCP (Radford Neal) writes:
>In article <1813@ihlpm.ATT.COM>, seorcutt@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Sam (not Samantha) Orcutt) writes:
>>    4.  Now that they are the "only" player in the game, the Japanese can
>>        raise prices to whatever they want and you have little choice but
>>        to pay it.  The money made from these now secure ventures can be
>The Japanese may indeed by trying this. They may indeed have accomplished
>steps (1), (2), and (3). But have you ever heard of them accomplishing 
>step (4)? Do we now see $50,000 compact Japanese cars? Has the price of

Have you tried to buy a Honda lately?  Or how about an Acura?  It isn't
quite $50K.  Yet.
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Larry McVoy	lm@arizona.edu or ...!{uwvax,sun}!arizona.edu!lm