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- From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
- Subject: Re: Politics of car buying(Buying a Japanese car)
- Message-ID: <bob1.727650369@cos>
- Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
- References: <80816@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Distribution: world
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:06:09 GMT
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- In <80816@hydra.gatech.EDU> ph279sw@prism.gatech.EDU (FR Siqing WEI) writes:
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- >There are a great deal of talk of "unlevel play-ground".
- >If you are willing to keep an open mind, look at the
- >play-rule, instead of the ground.
-
- >The truth is that, the trading practices are rather different
- >for US and Japan -> the rule of the game. Now, the Japaness
- >took the pain to learn the "rule of the land[US]", and
- >the US is insisting using the "home rule" to play in
- >Japan.
-
- >I always have the picture that the football player are
- >called fault at the soccer game "when following the rule
- >of game of the football", and complaining that the
- >referee is "biased" towards US.
-
- >What those "crying baby" complaininh about, using the
- >football rule to play soccer in Britain?
-
- This is a crock, and you damn well know it. The rules of
- the game here are the same for native companies and imports,
- i.e., they meet the same EPA, NHTSA standards, etc.
-
- In Japan, the *rules* are vastly different for native companies
- and importers. And that's what we mean by a level-field, or in this
- case that the field is not level.
-
- >Wei
- Bob.
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