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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: GATT declares U.S. - Japan chip
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Date: 16 Apr 88 22:41:00 GMT
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If consumer electronics cost more in Japan than it does here, why is there
a thriving gray market?  Most of the gray market merchandise is bought off
the shelf in Japan, and carried back to the U.S. for resale.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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