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Document No. 295/3155
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
12/26/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
3:00PM, FRIDAY, DEC. 27
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
1
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this office
NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
good
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Document No. 295/3155
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DEC 27 A10: 52
12/26/91
3:00PM, FRIDAY, DEC. 27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this office
NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Good ! Sungertaddingene, pentence
on page 4.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
Dollan Bromley.
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant / Grossman
A:JAPAN Draft four
December 26, 1991
91
DECRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
[Acknowledgements: Mr. Prime Minister; Members of the Diet;
distinguished guests.]
I come to Japan at the culmination of an historic journey,
at a turning point in world events. The Soviet Union has
vanished, and with it, the delusions of communism. Arabs and
Israelis in the Middle East have set aside ancient hatreds in
order to pursue the ideal of peace. Totalitarianism's tyranny
has died, and freedom's phoenix is spreading its wings across
nations from Latin America to Eastern Europe. Democracy has set
down fragile roots even in such places as tiny Cambodia.
Freedom was not reborn without pain. Its triumphs have been
inscribed by blood and fire; its truths have been seared into our
souls through pain and sacrifice. This Century teaches us two
crucial lessons: First -- that protection and isolationism lead
to war and poverty, and second -- that engagement and free trade
lead to peace and prosperity.
In this century, we learned anew that ideas have
consequences. Technologies that transmit ideas in the blink of
an eye give people the power to surmount barricades, elude barbed
wire and pull down walls designed to hold back the tide of truth.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift travel and
instant communication; drawn closer by common interests,
2
ambitions and needs; propelled by the strength of people's
imaginations and dreams.
As leaders of this world, the United States and Japan must
face the challenge of building economic freedom, individual
liberty and free markets. History demands that we honor the
sacrifice of our fathers by constructing a new commonwealth of
freedom -- and by ensuring that isolation and protectionism
remain the sleeping ghosts of the past, not the waking nightmares
of the future.
Today, I ask you to help build a new world -- one enriched
by free trade and robust competition; a world that will support
good jobs for workers everywhere.
I come here to create opportunities for good American jobs,
But let there be no misunderstanding -- American growth is in
your best interest. And Asian growth is in ours. American
businesses cannot flourish in Asia unless the economies of Asia
thrive and grow.
Here in Japan, you have a saying: "The lantern-bearer should
go ahead." My friends, we are the lantern-bearers of our age.
We must light the way to a world of peace and prosperity for
generations to come.
Let us move forward, together. The United States straddles
two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific. We are an Atlantic
nation, but we also are a Pacific nation. Our ties to the Asia-
Pacific region grow daily. In the last fifteen years, the number
of Americans of Southeast Asian origin has quadrupled. There are
3
more Laotians in the U.S. today than in the Laotian capital of
Vientiane; more Filipinos in California than in Cebu. These
Americans, along with hundreds of thousands from China, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand and Samoa -- enrich our
society. They strengthen our bonds of kinship and trade.
America has fought three major wars in the last half-century
in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens here matters very much
to us. But at the core of our continuing Asian engagement stands
our alliance with Japan.
Rarely in history have two nations with such different
geographic and cultural roots nurtured such an enduring
relationship. Our people are brothers and sisters in democracy;
together, we can help ensure the prosperity and security of the
region. More broadly, our association will define the shape of
the post-Cold War world.
Consider the three key areas of our relationship.
First, we must reinforce the U.S.-Japan security alliance.
We enjoy a strong security link with Japan. Let us make the most
efficient use of our defense resources by building greater
coordination of our military forces and by promoting the two-way
flow of defense technology. Such cooperation will enhance our
security, and build even stronger political ties between us.
In the wake of the Persian Gulf war, many nations have
called upon Japan to share the burdens of world security. Let me
say first that the American people appreciate deeply the support
you gave us during the Gulf War. We also understand that Japan
4
has become a key player in the global order. Your foreign policy
should reflect your larger responsibilities.
Second, we must deepen our understanding of each other. For
all of our interaction politically and economically, our people
know very little of the other's history, traditions and language.
We welcome the work of the Abe fund to expand exchanges and
interactions -- intellectual, scientific and cultural. Thanks to
it and programs like it, by the end of the century our two
nations will have a much larger group of people who have lived in
each other's country, speak each other's language and understand
more fully how important we are to each other. Although more
than 200,000 Asian students now study in American colleges and
universities, more Americans must immerse themselves in Asian
societies and cultures.
As the exchange of free people and ideas flows between our
nations, our economic relations have taken center stage. We are
now each other's largest overseas trading partner. Japan will
sell about $90 billion worth of goods and services to the United
States this year; we will sell more than $40 billion to Japan.
Our economies -- the world's two largest and most technologically
advanced -- have become increasingly intertwined.
This brings me to my third -- and most important -- point.
We must acknowledge the economic tensions between us, and we must
reduce those tensions now.
The Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most rapidly
growing economic dynamo. We now conduct more trade with Asia
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5
than with any other region on earth. Our trans-Pacific trade now
exceeds 300 billion dollars a year. The United States exports
more to Singapore than to Italy or Spain; more to Malaysia than
to the entire Soviet Union; and more to Indonesia than to all of
Eastern Europe put together. We will not support efforts to
carve our planet into trading blocs. We cannot afford it, and we
must not allow it.
Instead, we must ensure a strong, two-way economic
relationship between Japan and the United States -- with our
markets more open to new goods, and our industries more open to
new competitive ideas.
American businesses learned during the past decade that the
old ways no longer work in our changing, dynamic international
marketplace. Our companies have cut costs, improved quality and
fostered innovation. As a result, our products sell in markets
everywhere -- except in Japan.
We want to reduce the trade imbalance between us -- not
through gimmicks or artificial devices, but simply by gaining
complete access to your markets.
We want to create fair opportunities for traders and
investors -- both buyers and sellers -- by removing the road
blocks, both seen and unseen, to free and fair trade. American
business doesn't need a hand-out and doesn't want one. Our
companies just want a chance to compete fairly in markets around
the world. Our government remains committed to free trade, and
6
we will reduce our own trade barriers, as our allies cut away
theirs.
The United States and Japan can light the way to a world of
free trade by concluding the Structural Impediments Initiative.
This agreement plays a pivotal role in our on-going efforts to
improve market access and remove non-tariff barriers to foreign
investment.
The United States and Japan also must lead the way to a
successful conclusion for the Uruguay Round. Because of the
benefits we derive from free trade, Japan and the United States
bear a special responsibility for tackling the remaining
difficult issues -- quickly and decisively. This is not a matter
of charity: Free trade serves both our interests, and gives both
our nations an opportunity to grow stronger, to assert even
greater leadership in the Post Cold War world.
Improving our trade relations means one thing: opening your
markets. Many sectors of the Japanese economy remain closed to
outside investment by complex and even unfair business practices.
These practices hurt American companies, but they also hurt
Japanese consumers.
I've never had one American say to me: "Mr. President,
please raise prices in this country." And I bet Japanese don't
say that, either. Economic competition brings more consumer
choices and lower prices. In fact, the Toys R Us that I visited
in Kyoto offers prices thirty percent lower than its Japanese
competition. That's good for us and that's good for you.
7
Many of our Japanese friends argue that the United States
must improve its competitive fitness -- and they are right. We
recognize that some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems from
issues other than market access.
Japan's products are competitive around the world because
Japan has saved and invested at a rate double that of the United
States. You have focused on applied research and development and
new manufacturing technologies. Your companies have established
the world's finest quality control systems. You have developed a
highly educated labor force, and taken the long view to
developing markets abroad.
There is much for us to learn from you. We are taking steps
to boost our competitiveness -- improving education, cutting
taxes and regulations that hurt our economy; fighting the hidden
tax of crime; stimulating innovation and risk; and recognizing
companies that enhance productivity while improving product
quality.
I've brought with me a delegation of America's top business
leaders, the first time in history that a U.S. President has done
so. Every one of them can tell you that despite the fact that
our economy is in some trouble right now, America still can draw
upon tremendous strengths.
Our basic research is still the best basic anywhere. We
can boast of the world's finest universities. American
technology remains on the cutting edge in such advanced fields as
computers and biotechnology. Our society is the most diverse,
8
energetic, creative and talented in the world. It draws upon the
strengths and insights of many cultures -- including yours.
These businessmen will also tell you that they care about
American jobs. They care about American exports. They know that
the Asian-Pacific market offers enormous potential to American
businesses that will accept the challenge of competition.
Indeed, our export business is stronger than ever. We sold
more exports last year than ever before. We enjoy a trade
surplus with Europe. But our trade deficit with Japan is truly
the exception. Let me say this: We've shown a lot of
forbearance. Now we want equal access. We want fair play. //
The American economy and American jobs -- like the Japanese
economy and Japanese jobs -- increasingly depend on free trade
and open markets. Nearly half of our GNP growth between 1985 and
1990 was attributable to exports. New exports abroad mean new
jobs at home -- good jobs -- 19,000 new jobs for every billion
dollars in manufactured exports, and nearly 25,000 jobs for every
billion dollars in agricultural exports.
Every American knows that economic engagement can ensure a
better quality of life for themselves and their families. Free
and fair trade gives people access to high quality at low prices.
It enables societies to benefit from the best other societies
have to offer. It produces good jobs for everyone.
I've met with men and women from all walks of life in almost
every state of the Union and let me say this: the American people
feel very, very strongly in the necessity of creating a level
9
playing field for everyone. We want our trading partners to give
U.S. companies the same kind of opportunities that their firms
enjoy in the United States. That's not just free trade -that's
fair trade -- and it creates a basis for even greater freedom and
greater prosperity for all.
Free trade has propelled Japan toward world leadership.
Free markets have launched Japan toward economic prominence.
Japan now must join the ranks of world leadership in
strengthening the very institutions that have made us great: free
markets and free people.
Today marks a turning point for us in many ways. Together,
we face the next millennium -- a new order for the ages, a new
world of freedom and democracy. We stand as world powers, with
the future presenting us with a decision. The United States has
made its choice: against isolationism and in favor of engagement;
against protectionism, and for free and fair trade. Today, I bid
Japan to do the same -- because engagement and free trade are in
your best interests. //
Together, let us shape a new and open world, a world of
vigorous competition and furious innovation; a world of greater
peace, prosperity and hope than ever before. Let's join together
for the sake of our workers, for the sake of world peace, and
most importantly, for the sake of the generations to follow us.
# # #
Document No. 295/3155
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/26/91
3:00PM, FRIDAY, DEC. 27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
FINDLAY
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this office
NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Thank you.
RESPONSE: See comments attached.
Thanks,
52
Elizabeth Luttig
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
OFFICE OF CABINET AFFAIRS STAFFING MEMORANDUM
Date: 12/26
Due By:
12/27 2:00 pm
Subject: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS JAPANESE WacominG COMMITTEE
From: ELIZABETT
ACTION CONCUR FYI
ACTION CONCUR FYI
HOLIDAY
LEFKOWITZ
BLUMENTHAL
LUTTIG
BUCHHOLZ
PORTER
CASSE
SECHLER
FARRAR
SHANAHAN
FITZHENRY
FURCHTGOTT-ROTH
HILL
KUTCHINS
Comments: by 12/27 as 2:00
Thanks,
USTK
Commerce
a
Treasmy
State
Grant / Grossman
A:JAPAN Draft four
December 26, 1991
91
DEC26 P1:47 ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
[Acknowledgements: Mr. Prime Minister; Members of the Diet;
distinguished guests.]
I come to Japan at the culmination of an historic journey,
at a turning point in world events. The Soviet Union has
vanished, and with it, the delusions of communism. Arabs and
Israelis in the Middle East have set aside ancient hatreds in
order to pursue the ideal of peace. Totalitarianism's tyranny
has died, and freedom's phoenix is spreading its wings across
nations from Latin America to Eastern Europe. Democracy has set
down fragile roots even in such places as tiny Cambodia.
Freedom was not reborn without pain. Its triumphs have been
inscribed by blood and fire; its truths have been seared into our
souls through pain and sacrifice. This Century teaches us two
crucial lessons: First -- that protection and isolationism lead
to war and poverty, and second -- that engagement and free trade
lead to peace and prosperity.
In this century, we learned anew that ideas have
consequences. Technologies that transmit ideas in the blink of
an eye give people the power to surmount barricades, elude barbed
wire and pull down walls designed to hold back the tide of truth.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift travel and
instant communication; drawn closer by common interests,
2
ambitions and needs; propelled by the strength of people's
imaginations and dreams.
As leaders of this world, the United States and Japan must
face the challenge of building economic freedom, individual
liberty and free markets. History demands that we honor the
sacrifice of our fathers by constructing a new commonwealth of
freedom -- and by ensuring that isolation and protectionism
remain the sleeping ghosts of the past, not the waking nightmares
of the future.
Today, I ask you to help build a new world -- one enriched
by free trade and robust competition; a world that will support
good jobs for workers everywhere.
us. exports and (connace)
I come here to create opportunities for good American jobs,
But let there be no misunderstanding -- American growth is in
your best interest. And Asian growth is in ours. American
businesses cannot flourish in Asia unless the economies of Asia
thrive and grow.
Here in Japan, you have a saying: "The lantern-bearer should
go ahead. " My friends, we are the lantern-bearers of our age.
We must light the way to a world of peace and prosperity for
generations to come.
Let us move forward, together. The United States straddles
two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific. We are an Atlantic
nation, but we also are a Pacific nation. Our ties to the Asia-
Pacific region grow daily. In the last fifteen years, the number
of Americans of Southeast Asian origin has quadrupled. There are
3
more Laotians in the U.S. today than in the Laotian capital of
Vientiane; more Filipinos in California than in Cebu. These
Americans, along with hundreds of thousands from China, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand and Samoa -- enrich our
society. They strengthen our bonds of kinship and trade.
America has fought three major wars in the last half-century
in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens here matters very much
to us. But at the core of our continuing Asian engagement stands
our alliance with Japan.
Rarely in history have two nations with such different
geographic and cultural roots nurtured such an enduring
relationship. Our people are brothers and sisters in democracy;
together, we can help ensure the prosperity and security of the
region. More broadly, our association will define the shape of
the post-Cold War world.
Consider the three key areas of our relationship.
First, we must reinforce the U.S.-Japan security alliance.
We enjoy a strong security link with Japan. Let us make the most
efficient use of our defense resources by building greater
coordination of our military forces and by promoting the two-way
flow of defense technology. Such cooperation will enhance our
security, and build even stronger political ties between us.
In the wake of the Persian Gulf war, many nations have
called upon Japan to share the burdens of world security. Let me
say first that the American people appreciate deeply the support
you gave us during the Gulf War. We also understand that Japan
4
has become a key player in the global order. Your foreign policy
should reflect your larger responsibilities.
Second, we must deepen our understanding of each other. For
all of our interaction politically and economically, our people
know very little of the other's history, traditions and language.
We welcome the work of the Abe fund to expand exchanges and
interactions -- intellectual, scientific and cultural. Thanks to
it and programs like it, by the end of the century our two
nations will have a much larger group of people who have lived in
each other's country, speak each other's language and understand
more fully how important we are to each other. Although more
than 200,000 Asian students now study in American colleges and
universities, more Americans must immerse themselves in Asian
societies and cultures.
As the exchange of free people and ideas flows between our
nations, our economic relations have taken center stage. We are
now each other's largest overseas trading partner. Japan will
sell about $90 billion worth of goods and services to the United
States this year; we will sell more than $40 billion to Japan.
Our economies -- the world's two largest and most technologically
advanced -- have become increasingly intertwined.
This brings me to my third -- and most important -- point.
We must acknowledge the economic tensions between us, and we must
reduce those tensions now.
The Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most rapidly
growing economic dynamo. We now conduct more trade with Asia
5
than with any other region on earth. Our trans-Pacific trade now
exceeds 300 billion dollars a year. The United States exports
more to Singapore than to Italy or Spain; more to Malaysia than
all of the Countries in the former Commerce)
to the entire Soviet Union; and more to Indonesia than to all of
Eastern Europe put together. We will not support efforts to
carve our planet into trading blocs. We cannot afford it, and we
must not allow it.
Instead, we must ensure a strong, two-way economic
relationship between Japan and the United States -- with our
and services
markets more open to new goods, and our industries more open to
new competitive ideas.
American businesses learned during the past decade that the
old ways no longer work in our changing, dynamic international
marketplace. Our companies have cut costs, improved quality and
fostered innovation. As a result, our products sell in markets
everywhere -- except in Japan.
We want to reduce the trade imbalance between us -- not
through gimmicks or artificial devices, but simply by gaining
complete access to your markets.
We want to create fair opportunities for traders and
investors -- both buyers and sellers -- by removing the road
blocks, both seen and unseen, to free and fair trade. American
business doesn't need a hand-out and doesn't want one. Our
companies just want a chance to compete fairly in markets around
the world. Our government remains committed to free trade, and
6
we will reduce our own trade barriers, as our allies cut away
theirs.
The United States and Japan can light the way to a world of
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improve market access and remove non-tariff barriers to foreign
investment, and reduce trade imbalances (Treasury)
The United States and Japan also must lead the way to a
successful conclusion for the Uruguay Round. Because of the
benefits we derive from free trade, Japan and the United States
bear a special responsibility for tackling the remaining
difficult issues -- quickly and decisively. This is not a matter
of charity: Free trade serves both our interests, and gives both
our nations an opportunity to grow stronger, to assert even
greater leadership in the Post Cold War world.
Improving our trade relations means one thing: opening your
markets. Many sectors of the Japanese economy remain closed to
outside investment by complex and even unfair business practices.
These practices hurt American companies, but they also hurt
Japanese consumers.
I've never had one American say to me: "Mr. President,
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please raise prices in this country." And I bet Japanese don't
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Many of our Japanese friends argue that the United States
must improve its competitive fitness -- and they are right. We
recognize that some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems from
issues other than market access.
Japan's products are competitive around the world because
Japan has saved and invested at a rate double that of the United
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to boost our competitiveness -- improving education, cutting
taxes and regulations that hurt our economy; fighting the hidden
tax of crime; stimulating innovation and risk; and recognizing
companies that enhance productivity while improving product
quality.
I've brought with me a delegation of America's top business
leaders, the first time in history that a U.S. President has done
so. Every one of them can tell you that despite the fact that
our economy is in some trouble right now, America still can draw
upon tremendous strengths.
Our basic research is still the best basic anywhere. We
can boast of the world's finest universities. American
technology remains on the cutting edge in such advanced fields as
computers and biotechnology. Our society is the most diverse,
8
energetic, creative and talented in the world. It draws upon the
strengths and insights of many cultures -- including yours.
These businessmen will also tell you that they care about
American jobs. They care about American exports. They know that
the Asian-Pacific market offers enormous potential to American
businesses that will accept the challenge of competition.
Indeed, our export business is stronger than ever. We sold
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better quality of life for themselves and their families. Free
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It enables societies to benefit from the best other societies
have to offer. It produces good jobs for everyone.
I've met with men and women from all walks of life in almost
every state of the Union and let me say this: the American people
feel very, very strongly in the necessity of creating a level
9
playing field for everyone. We want our trading partners to give
U.S. companies the same kind of opportunities that their firms
enjoy in the United States. That's not just free trade -that's
fair trade -- and it creates a basis for even greater freedom and
greater prosperity for all.
Free trade has propelled Japan toward world leadership.
Free markets have launched Japan toward economic prominence.
Japan now must join the ranks of world leadership in
strengthening the very institutions that have made us great: free
markets and free people.
Today marks a turning point for us in many ways. Together,
we face the next millennium -- a new order for the ages, a new
world of freedom and democracy. We stand as world powers, with
the future presenting us with a decision. The United States has
made its choice: against isolationism and in favor of engagement;
against protectionism, and for free and fair trade. Today, I bid
Japan to do the same -- because engagement and free trade are in
your best interests. //
Together, let us shape a new and open world, a world of
vigorous competition and furious innovation; a world of greater
peace, prosperity and hope than ever before. Let's join together
for the sake of our workers, for the sake of world peace, and
most importantly, for the sake of the generations to follow us.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF CABINET AFFAIRS
STAFFINGATE
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Document No. 295/3155
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/26/91
DATE:
3:00PM, FRIDAY, DEC. 27
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this office
NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
OK.S.R
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant / Grossman
A:JAPAN Draft four
47
December 26, 1991
91 DEPRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
[Acknowledgements: Mr. Prime Minister; Members of the Diet;
distinguished guests.]
I come to Japan at the culmination of an historic journey,
at a turning point in world events. The Soviet Union has
vanished, and with it, the delusions of communism. Arabs and
Israelis in the Middle East have set aside ancient hatreds in
order to pursue the ideal of peace. Totalitarianism's tyranny
has died, and freedom's phoenix is spreading its wings across
nations from Latin America to Eastern Europe. Democracy has set
down fragile roots even in such places as tiny Cambodia.
Freedom was not reborn without pain. Its triumphs have been
inscribed by blood and fire; its truths have been seared into our
souls through pain and sacrifice. This Century teaches us two
crucial lessons: First -- that protection and isolationism lead
to war and poverty, and second -- that engagement and free trade
lead to peace and prosperity.
In this century, we learned anew that ideas have
consequences. Technologies that transmit ideas in the blink of
an eye give people the power to surmount barricades, elude barbed
wire and pull down walls designed to hold back the tide of truth.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift travel and
instant communication; drawn closer by common interests,
2
ambitions and needs; propelled by the strength of people's
imaginations and dreams.
As leaders of this world, the United States and Japan must
face the challenge of building economic freedom, individual
liberty and free markets. History demands that we honor the
sacrifice of our fathers by constructing a new commonwealth of
freedom -- and by ensuring that isolation and protectionism
remain the sleeping ghosts of the past, not the waking nightmares
of the future.
Today, I ask you to help build a new world -- one enriched
by free trade and robust competition; a world that will support
good jobs for workers everywhere.
I come here to create opportunities for good American jobs,
But let there be no misunderstanding -- American growth is in
your best interest. And Asian growth is in ours. American
businesses cannot flourish in Asia unless the economies of Asia
thrive and grow.
Here in Japan, you have a saying: "The lantern-bearer should
go ahead." My friends, we are the lantern-bearers of our age.
We must light the way to a world of peace and prosperity for
generations to come.
Let us move forward, together. The United States straddles
two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific. We are an Atlantic
nation, but we also are a Pacific nation. Our ties to the Asia-
Pacific region grow daily. In the last fifteen years, the number
of Americans of Southeast Asian origin has quadrupled. There are
3
more Laotians in the U.S. today than in the Laotian capital of
Vientiane; more Filipinos in California than in Cebu. These
Americans, along with hundreds of thousands from China, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand and Samoa -- enrich our
society. They strengthen our bonds of kinship and trade.
America has fought three major wars in the last half-century
in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens here matters very much
to us. But at the core of our continuing Asian engagement stands
our alliance with Japan.
Rarely in history have two nations with such different
geographic and cultural roots nurtured such an enduring
relationship. Our people are brothers and sisters in democracy;
together, we can help ensure the prosperity and security of the
region. More broadly, our association will define the shape of
the post-Cold War world.
Consider the three key areas of our relationship.
First, we must reinforce the U.S.-Japan security alliance.
We enjoy a strong security link with Japan. Let us make the most
efficient use of our defense resources by building greater
coordination of our military forces and by promoting the two-way
flow of defense technology. Such cooperation will enhance our
security, and build even stronger political ties between us.
In the wake of the Persian Gulf war, many nations have
called upon Japan to share the burdens of world security. Let me
say first that the American people appreciate deeply the support
you gave us during the Gulf War. We also understand that Japan
4
has become a key player in the global order. Your foreign policy
should reflect your larger responsibilities.
Second, we must deepen our understanding of each other. For
all of our interaction politically and economically, our people
know very little of the other's history, traditions and language.
We welcome the work of the Abe fund to expand exchanges and
interactions -- intellectual, scientific and cultural. Thanks to
it and programs like it, by the end of the century our two
nations will have a much larger group of people who have lived in
each other's country, speak each other's language and understand
more fully how important we are to each other. Although more
than 200,000 Asian students now study in American colleges and
universities, more Americans must immerse themselves in Asian
societies and cultures.
As the exchange of free people and ideas flows between our
nations, our economic relations have taken center stage. We are
now each other's largest overseas trading partner. Japan will
sell about $90 billion worth of goods and services to the United
States this year; we will sell more than $40 billion to Japan.
Our economies -- the world's two largest and most technologically
advanced -- have become increasingly intertwined.
This brings me to my third -- and most important -- point.
We must acknowledge the economic tensions between us, and we must
reduce those tensions now.
The Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most rapidly
growing economic dynamo. We now conduct more trade with Asia
5
than with any other region on earth. Our trans-Pacific trade now
exceeds 300 billion dollars a year. The United States exports
more to Singapore than to Italy or Spain; more to Malaysia than
to the entire Soviet Union; and more to Indonesia than to all of
Eastern Europe put together. We will not support efforts to
carve our planet into trading blocs. We cannot afford it, and we
must not allow it.
Instead, we must ensure a strong, two-way economic
relationship between Japan and the United States -- with our
markets more open to new goods, and our industries more open to
new competitive ideas.
American businesses learned during the past decade that the
old ways no longer work in our changing, dynamic international
marketplace. Our companies have cut costs, improved quality and
fostered innovation. As a result, our products sell in markets
everywhere -- except in Japan.
We want to reduce the trade imbalance between us -- not
through gimmicks or artificial devices, but simply by gaining
complete access to your markets.
We want to create fair opportunities for traders and
investors -- both buyers and sellers -- by removing the road
blocks, both seen and unseen, to free and fair trade. American
business doesn't need a hand-out and doesn't want one. Our
companies just want a chance to compete fairly in markets around
the world. Our government remains committed to free trade, and
6
we will reduce our own trade barriers, as our allies cut away
theirs.
The United States and Japan can light the way to a world of
free trade by concluding the Structural Impediments Initiative.
This agreement plays a pivotal role in our on-going efforts to
improve market access and remove non-tariff barriers to foreign
investment.
The United States and Japan also must lead the way to a
successful conclusion for the Uruguay Round. Because of the
benefits we derive from free trade, Japan and the United States
bear a special responsibility for tackling the remaining
difficult issues -- quickly and decisively. This is not a matter
of charity: Free trade serves both our interests, and gives both
our nations an opportunity to grow stronger, to assert even
greater leadership in the Post Cold War world.
Improving our trade relations means one thing: opening your
markets. Many sectors of the Japanese economy remain closed to
outside investment by complex and even unfair business practices.
These practices hurt American companies, but they also hurt
Japanese consumers.
I've never had one American say to me: "Mr. President,
please raise prices in this country." And I bet Japanese don't
say that, either. Economic competition brings more consumer
choices and lower prices. In fact, the Toys R Us that I visited
in Kyoto offers prices thirty percent lower than its Japanese
competition. That's good for us and that's good for you.
7
Many of our Japanese friends argue that the United States
must improve its competitive fitness -- and they are right. We
recognize that some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems from
issues other than market access.
Japan's products are competitive around the world because
Japan has saved and invested at a rate double that of the United
States. You have focused on applied research and development and
new manufacturing technologies. Your companies have established
the world's finest quality control systems. You have developed a
highly educated labor force, and taken the long view to
developing markets abroad.
There is much for us to learn from you. We are taking steps
to boost our competitiveness -- improving education, cutting
taxes and regulations that hurt our economy; fighting the hidden
tax of crime; stimulating innovation and risk; and recognizing
companies that enhance productivity while improving product
quality.
I've brought with me a delegation of America's top business
leaders, the first time in history that a U.S. President has done
SO. Every one of them can tell you that despite the fact that
our economy is in some trouble right now, America still can draw
upon tremendous strengths.
Our basic research is still the best basic anywhere. We
can boast of the world's finest universities. American
technology remains on the cutting edge in such advanced fields as
computers and biotechnology. Our society is the most diverse,
8
energetic, creative and talented in the world. It draws upon the
strengths and insights of many cultures -- including yours.
These businessmen will also tell you that they care about
American jobs. They care about American exports. They know that
the Asian-Pacific market offers enormous potential to American
businesses that will accept the challenge of competition.
Indeed, our export business is stronger than ever. We sold
more exports last year than ever before. We enjoy a trade
surplus with Europe. But our trade deficit with Japan is truly
the exception. Let me say this: We've shown a lot of
forbearance. Now we want equal access. We want fair play. //
The American economy and American jobs -- like the Japanese
economy and Japanese jobs -- increasingly depend on free trade
and open markets. Nearly half of our GNP growth between 1985 and
1990 was attributable to exports. New exports abroad mean new
jobs at home -- good jobs -- 19,000 new jobs for every billion
dollars in manufactured exports, and nearly 25,000 jobs for every
billion dollars in agricultural exports.
Every American knows that economic engagement can ensure a
better quality of life for themselves and their families. Free
and fair trade gives people access to high quality at low prices.
It enables societies to benefit from the best other societies
have to offer. It produces good jobs for everyone.
I've met with men and women from all walks of life in almost
every state of the Union and let me say this: the American people
feel very, very strongly in the necessity of creating a level
9
playing field for everyone. We want our trading partners to give
U.S. companies the same kind of opportunities that their firms
enjoy in the United States. That's not just free trade -that's
fair trade -- and it creates a basis for even greater freedom and
greater prosperity for all.
Free trade has propelled Japan toward world leadership.
Free markets have launched Japan toward economic prominence.
Japan now must join the ranks of world leadership in
strengthening the very institutions that have made us great: free
markets and free people.
Today marks a turning point for us in many ways. Together,
we face the next millennium -- a new order for the ages, a new
world of freedom and democracy. We stand as world powers, with
the future presenting us with a decision. The United States has
made its choice: against isolationism and in favor of engagement;
against protectionism, and for free and fair trade. Today, I bid
Japan to do the same -- because engagement and free trade are in
your best interests. //
Together, let us shape a new and open world, a world of
vigorous competition and furious innovation; a world of greater
peace, prosperity and hope than ever before. Let's join together
for the sake of our workers, for the sake of world peace, and
most importantly, for the sake of the generations to follow us.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 27, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECTOR OF SPEECHWRITING
FROM:
CHESTER Chestu Paul PAUL BEACH, Beach,2. JR.
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Draft Presidential Address - Japanese Welcoming
Committee, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo, Japan,
Thursday, January 9, 1992
This responds to Phil Brady's memorandum of December 26,
1991, requesting comments on these proposed Presidential remarks.
This Office has no legal objection to the address as
proposed.
Two minor style/tone suggestions are offered for your
consideration:
-- At page 1, the assertion that Arabs and Israelis have
"set aside" ancient hatreds to pursue peace may strike
some as overly sanguine. This might be avoided,
without implying pessimism, by saying instead that they
have "tempered" those hatreds.
-- At pages 8-9, the phrase "feel very, very strongly in
the necessity of" is jarring. This might be better
phrased as "believe ... in" -- which I think is
stronger -- or "feel
about.
"
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
CC:
Phil Brady
Document No.
295/3155
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE.
12/26/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
3:00PM, FRIDAY, DEC. 27
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this office
NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant / Grossman
A:JAPAN Draft four
December 26, 1991
31 ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
[Acknowledgements: Mr. Prime Minister; Members of the Diet;
distinguished guests.]
I come to Japan at the culmination of an historic journey,
at a turning point in world events. The Soviet Union has
vanished, and with it, the delusions of communism. Arabs and
Israelis in the Middle East have set aside ancient hatreds in
order to pursue the ideal of peace. Totalitarianism's tyranny
has died, and freedom's phoenix is spreading its wings across
nations from Latin America to Eastern Europe. Democracy has set
down fragile roots even in such places as tiny Cambodia.
Freedom was not reborn without pain. Its triumphs have been
inscribed by blood and fire; its truths have been seared into our
souls through pain and sacrifice. This Century teaches us two
crucial lessons: First -- that protection and isolationism lead
to war and poverty, and second -- that engagement and free trade
lead to peace and prosperity.
In this century, we learned anew that ideas have
consequences. Technologies that transmit ideas in the blink of
an eye give people the power to surmount barricades, elude barbed
wire and pull down walls designed to hold back the tide of truth.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift travel and
instant communication; drawn closer by common interests,
2
ambitions and needs; propelled by the strength of people's
imaginations and dreams.
As leaders of this world, the United States and Japan must
face the challenge of building economic freedom, individual
liberty and free markets. History demands that we honor the
sacrifice of our fathers by constructing a new commonwealth of
freedom -- and by ensuring that isolation and protectionism
remain the sleeping ghosts of the past, not the waking nightmares
of the future.
Today, I ask you to help build a new world -- one enriched
by free trade and robust competition; a world that will support
good jobs for workers everywhere.
I come here to create opportunities for good American jobs,
But let there be no misunderstanding -- American growth is in
your best interest. And Asian growth is in ours. American
businesses cannot flourish in Asia unless the economies of Asia
thrive and grow.
Here in Japan, you have a saying: "The lantern-bearer should
go ahead. " My friends, we are the lantern-bearers of our age.
We must light the way to a world of peace and prosperity for
generations to come.
Let us move forward, together. The United States straddles
two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific. We are an Atlantic
nation, but we also are a Pacific nation. Our ties to the Asia-
Pacific region grow daily. In the last fifteen years, the number
of Americans of Southeast Asian origin has quadrupled. There are
3
more Laotians in the U.S. today than in the Laotian capital of
Vientiane; more Filipinos in California than in Cebu. These
Americans, along with hundreds of thousands from China, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand and Samoa -- enrich our
society. They strengthen our bonds of kinship and trade.
America has fought three major wars in the last half-century
in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens here matters very much
to us. But at the core of our continuing Asian engagement stands
our alliance with Japan.
Rarely in history have two nations with such different
geographic and cultural roots nurtured such an enduring
relationship. Our people are brothers and sisters in democracy;
together, we can help ensure the prosperity and security of the
region. More broadly, our association will define the shape of
the post-Cold War world.
Consider the three key areas of our relationship.
First, we must reinforce the U.S.-Japan security alliance.
We enjoy a strong security link with Japan. Let us make the most
efficient use of our defense resources by building greater
coordination of our military forces and by promoting the two-way
flow of defense technology. Such cooperation will enhance our
security, and build even stronger political ties between us.
In the wake of the Persian Gulf war, many nations have
called upon Japan to share the burdens of world security. Let me
say first that the American people appreciate deeply the support
you gave us during the Gulf War. We also understand that Japan
4
has become a key player in the global order. Your foreign policy
should reflect your larger responsibilities.
Second, we must deepen our understanding of each other. For
all of our interaction politically and economically, our people
know very little of the other's history, traditions and language.
We welcome the work of the Abe fund to expand exchanges and
interactions -- intellectual, scientific and cultural. Thanks to
it and programs like it, by the end of the century our two
nations will have a much larger group of people who have lived in
each other's country, speak each other's language and understand
more fully how important we are to each other. Although more
than 200,000 Asian students now study in American colleges and
universities, more Americans must immerse themselves in Asian
societies and cultures.
As the exchange of free people and ideas flows between our
nations, our economic relations have taken center stage. We are
now each other's largest overseas trading partner. Japan will
sell about $90 billion worth of goods and services to the United
States this year; we will sell more than $40 billion to Japan.
Our economies -- the world's two largest and most technologically
advanced -- have become increasingly intertwined.
This brings me to my third -- and most important -- point.
We must acknowledge the economic tensions between us, and we must
reduce those tensions now.
The Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most rapidly
growing economic dynamo. We now conduct more trade with Asia
5
than with any other region on earth. Our trans-Pacific trade now
exceeds 300 billion dollars a year. The United States exports
more to Singapore than to Italy or Spain; more to Malaysia than
to the entire Soviet Union; and more to Indonesia than to all of
Eastern Europe put together. We will not support efforts to
carve our planet into trading blocs. We cannot afford it, and we
must not allow it.
Instead, we must ensure a strong, two-way economic
relationship between Japan and the United States -- with our
markets more open to new goods, and our industries more open to
new competitive ideas.
American businesses learned during the past decade that the
old ways no longer work in our changing, dynamic international
marketplace. Our companies have cut costs, improved quality and
fostered innovation. As a result, our products sell in markets
everywhere -- except in Japan.
We want to reduce the trade imbalance between us -- not
through gimmicks or artificial devices, but simply by gaining
complete access to your markets.
We want to create fair opportunities for traders and
investors -- both buyers and sellers -- by removing the road
blocks, both seen and unseen, to free and fair trade. American
business doesn't need a hand-out and doesn't want one. Our
companies just want a chance to compete fairly in markets around
the world. Our government remains committed to free trade, and
6
we will reduce our own trade barriers, as our allies cut away
theirs.
The United States and Japan can light the way to a world of
free trade by concluding the Structural Impediments Initiative.
This agreement plays a pivotal role in our on-going efforts to
improve market access and remove non-tariff barriers to foreign
investment.
The United States and Japan also must lead the way to a
successful conclusion for the Uruguay Round. Because of the
benefits we derive from free trade, Japan and the United States
bear a special responsibility for tackling the remaining
difficult issues -- quickly and decisively. This is not a matter
of charity: Free trade serves both our interests, and gives both
our nations an opportunity to grow stronger, to assert even
greater leadership in the Post Cold War world.
Improving our trade relations means one thing: opening your
markets. Many sectors of the Japanese economy remain closed to
outside investment by complex and even unfair business practices.
These practices hurt American companies, but they also hurt
Japanese consumers.
I've never had one American say to me: "Mr. President,
please raise prices in this country." And I bet Japanese don't
say that, either. Economic competition brings more consumer
choices and lower prices. In fact, the Toys R Us that I visited
in Kyoto offers prices thirty percent lower than its Japanese
competition. That's good for us and that's good for you.
7
Many of our Japanese friends argue that the United States
must improve its competitive fitness -- and they are right. We
recognize that some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems from
issues other than market access.
Japan's products are competitive around the world because
Japan has saved and invested at a rate double that of the United
States. You have focused on applied research and development and
new manufacturing technologies. Your companies have established
the world's finest quality control systems. You have developed a
highly educated labor force, and taken the long view to
developing markets abroad.
There is much for us to learn from you. We are taking steps
to boost our competitiveness -- improving education, cutting
taxes and regulations that hurt our economy; fighting the hidden
tax of crime; stimulating innovation and risk; and recognizing
companies that enhance productivity while improving product
quality.
I've brought with me a delegation of America's top business
leaders, the first time in history that a U.S. President has done
so. Every one of them can tell you that despite the fact that
our economy is in some trouble right now, America still can draw
upon tremendous strengths.
Our basic research is still the best basic anywhere. We
can boast of the world's finest universities. American
technology remains on the cutting edge in such advanced fields as
computers and biotechnology. Our society is the most diverse,
8
energetic, creative and talented in the world. It draws upon the
strengths and insights of many cultures -- including yours.
These businessmen will also tell you that they care about
American jobs. They care about American exports. They know that
the Asian-Pacific market offers enormous potential to American
businesses that will accept the challenge of competition.
Indeed, our export business is stronger than ever. We sold
more exports last year than ever before. We enjoy a trade
surplus with Europe. But our trade deficit with Japan is truly
the exception. Let me say this: We've shown a lot of
forbearance. Now we want equal access. We want fair play. //
The American economy and American jobs -- like the Japanese
economy and Japanese jobs -- increasingly depend on free trade
and open markets. Nearly half of our GNP growth between 1985 and
1990 was attributable to exports. New exports abroad mean new
jobs at home -- good jobs -- 19,000 new jobs for every billion
dollars in manufactured exports, and nearly 25,000 jobs for every
billion dollars in agricultural exports.
Every American knows that economic engagement can ensure a
better quality of life for themselves and their families. Free
and fair trade gives people access to high quality at low prices.
It enables societies to benefit from the best other societies
have to offer. It produces good jobs for everyone.
I've met with men and women from all walks of life in almost
every state of the Union and let me say this: the American people
feel very, very strongly in the necessity of creating a level
9
playing field for everyone. We want our trading partners to give
U.S. companies the same kind of opportunities that their firms
enjoy in the United States. That's not just free trade -that's
fair trade -- and it creates a basis for even greater freedom and
greater prosperity for all.
Free trade has propelled Japan toward world leadership.
Free markets have launched Japan toward economic prominence.
Japan now must join the ranks of world leadership in
strengthening the very institutions that have made us great: free
markets and free people.
Today marks a turning point for us in many ways. Together,
we face the next millennium -- a new order for the ages, a new
world of freedom and democracy. We stand as world powers, with
the future presenting us with a decision. The United States has
made its choice: against isolationism and in favor of engagement;
against protectionism, and for free and fair trade. Today, I bid
Japan to do the same -- because engagement and free trade are in
your best interests. //
Together, let us shape a new and open world, a world of
vigorous competition and furious innovation; a world of greater
peace, prosperity and hope than ever before. Let's join together
for the sake of our workers, for the sake of world peace, and
most importantly, for the sake of the generations to follow us.
# # #
advance
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copy snow.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
12/26/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
3:00PM, FRIDAY, DEC. 27
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this office
NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
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Brent Scowcroft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
CC: Phillip Brady
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant / Grossman
A:JAPAN Draft four
26 pl 47
December 26, 1991
31 LPRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
[Acknowledgements: Mr. Prime Minister; Members of the Diet;
Jerney
distinguished guests.]
not
important
I come to Japan at the culmination of an (historie) journey,
history
rare moment in history
at a turning point in world events. The Soviet Union has
menace
vanished, and with it, the delusions of communism. Arabs and
Israelis in the Middle East have set aside ancient hatreds in
order to pursue the ideal of peace. Totalitarianism's tyranny
has died, and freedom's phoenix is spreading its wings [across
irre levant
to audiend
nations from Latin America to Eastern Europe] Democracy has set
down fragile roots even in such places as (tiny) Cambodia. A new
Timsulty
respect for human rights is on The more
Freedom was not reborn without pain. Its triumphs have been
with?
inscribed by blood and fire; its truths have been seared into our
hardwork
souls through [pain] and sacrifice, This Century teaches us two
it has is tablished itself with startling bursti of and production
sand itsponomic accomplice
reconstruct
crucial lessons: and despair First -- that [protection and] isolationism lead protection br
to war, and poverty, and second -- that engagement and free trade
hope
political
lead to peace, and prosperity.
In this century, we learned anew that ideas have
consequences. Technologies that transmit ideas in the blink of
Smort
an eye give people the power to surmount barricades, elude barbed
wire and pull down walls designed to hold back the tide of truth.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift travel and
instant communication; drawn closer by common interests,
In this century, we learned anew that ideas matter.
Technologies that transmit volumes of information in the
blink of an eye can liberate nations with astonishing
X
speed. Liberating armies cannot accomplish through force
what liberation technologies can accomplish by appealing
to people's imaginations and dreams.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift
travel and communication; drawn closer by common
interests, ambitions and needs. As the two largest
economies and as leaders of this world, the United States
and Japan must face the challenge of building a new
international order based on the rule of law, respect for
human rights and democracy and open markets. The Cold War
is over and a new era beckons. We must construct a new
commonwealth of freedom -- and ensure that isolation and
protectionism never victimize our peoples again.
Today, I ask Japan to join with the United States in
building this new world -- one enriched by free trade and
a better
robust competition; a world that will create a good life
A
for people everywhere. Our prosperity and yours are
indivisible. American businesses cannot flourish in Asia
unless the economies of Asia thrive and grow; Japan's
growth needs American markets open and growing.
Here in you nave a saying "The wina blows
even in the depths of mountains # My friends, we can not
escape our destiny as partners. We must light the way to
a world of peace and prosperity for generations to come.
The United States straddles two great oceans, the
Atlantic and Pacific. We are an Atlantic nation, but we
also are a Pacific nation. Our ties to the Asia-Pacific
region grow daily; our two-way trade is now $310 billion
B
annually, one-third larger than that with Europe.
In the
last fifteen years, the number of Americans of Asian
origin had quadrupled. These Americans, along with
hundreds of thousands from China, Japan, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Korea, and Thailand -- enrich our society.
They strengthen our mutuality of interests.
1
America has fought three major wars in the last
half-century in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens
here affects our fundamental economic, moral and political
interests.
The keystone of our continuing Asian engagement is our
alliance with Japan. Rarely in history have two nations
with such different historic and cultural roots nurtured
such an enduring relationship. Our people bound by
geography; bound by democracy; and we are bound by our
deep economic ties; together, we can help ensure the
prosperity and security of the region and the world.
I can not imagine meeting the challenges ahead without
U.S. -Japan cooperation, cooperation that we must deepen
1
worldwide. This is why today., Prime Minister Miyazawa and
I have issued the "Tokyo Declaration" setting out the
C
basic principles and major aspects of our global
partnership. Our renewed alliance will define the shape
of the post-Cold War world.
3
more Laotians in the U.S. today than in the Laotian capital of
Vientiane; more Filipinos in California than in Cebu. These
Americans, along with hundreds of thousands from China, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand and Samoa -- enrich our
society. They strengthen our bonds of kinship and trade.
they
America has fought three major wars in the last half-century
in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens here matters very much
to us. But at the core of our continuing Asian engagement stands
our alliance with Japan.
Rarely in history have two nations with such different
geographic and cultural roots nurtured such an enduring
relationship. Our people are brothers and sisters in democracy;
together, we can help ensure the prosperity and security of the
region. More broadly, our association will define the shape of
the post-Cold War world.
four
Consider the three key areas of our relationship.
First, we must reinforce the U.S.-Japan security alliance.
We enjoy a strong security link with Japan. Let us make the most
efficient use of our defense resources by building greater
coordination of our military 2 forces and by promoting the two-way
flow of defense technology. Such cooperation will enhances our
security, and builds even stronger political ties between us.
D know the Persian Gulf spoused spirited debate here about
topais global role.
In the wake of the Persian Culf war, many nations have
called upon Japan to share the burdens of world security. Let me
to the condition effort in the Gulf.
say first that the American people appreciate deeply the support
your contribution
you gave us during the Cult war
We also understand that Japan
no nation outside the Gulf region provided more
financial support than did Japane
D
Japan's generous support for U.S. forces
stationed here -it will soon amount to 73% of all
non-salary costs of those forces
is an important
demonstration of sharing responsibilities.
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has become a key player in the global order. Your foreign policy
should reflect your larger responsibilities
Third
J
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second, we must deepen our understanding of each other. For
all of our interaction politically and economically, our people
know very little of the other's history, traditions and language.
We welcome the work of the Abe fund to expand exchanges and
interactions -- intellectual, scientific and cultural. Thanks to
it and programs like it, by the end of the century our two
nations will have a much larger group of people who have lived in
each other's country, speak each other's language and understand
more fully how important we are to each other. Although more
than 200,000 Asian students now study in American colleges and
universities, more Americans must immerse themselves in Asian
societies and cultures.
Invoice fourth, and most important, we must work to broaden and expand our
As the exchange of free people and ideas flows between our
economic ties Through opening markets and reducing barriers to esevestment.
nations, our economic relations have taken center stage We are
now each other's largest overseas trading partner. Japan will
sell about $90 billion worth of goods and services to the United
States this year; we will sell more than $40 billion to Japan.
prorly #50
Our economies -- the world's two largest and most technologically
advanced -- have become increasingly intertwined.
3
This brings me to my third -- and most important - point.
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face up to
that threaten nu ulutions
We must [acknowledge] the economic tensions between us and we must
reduce those tensions now through opening markets and eleminating
baniers to trude and investment.
The Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most rapidly
growing economic dynamo. We now conduct more trade with Asia
In the attermatn UI
to define its emerging role.
As we emerged as a global
3
power earlier this century, our country went through a
similarly agonizing debate. Indeed, the forces of
11
isolationism defeated President Wilson's own
internationalist vision of the League of Nations after
World War I. And such destructive forces are with us
still.
3
W.
Building a national consensus for an active global
role can be a very difficult affair, particularly in a
post-Cold war world where threats are unclear We are
confident though, that given the broad convergence of
U.S. and Japanese interests, internationalism will
prevail. An active and engaged Japan is critical to the
effectiveness of the post-Cold War system. The system
does not work unless leading powers lead.
This brings me to the second area of our relationship:
bad
foreign policy cooperation. We must fulfill the promise
of our global partnership. Together we produce 40% of the
world's GNP and 40% of all bilateral aid. We have the
potential to marshall unrivaled resources for a better
future -- if our foreign policies are well coordinated.
Commonwealth
3
The upcoming conference on assistance to the former
on dysdet
Seviet republics is a crucial example of the importance of
such coordination. The demise of the Soviet Union
(3
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confronts us both with ominous dangers, but also historic
opportunities. The help Japan and other Asians provide in
the transformation of a totalitarian empire into
market-oriented and democratic states is key to future
Let me add
that
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peace and stability across the Eurasian continent.
U.S.
willcon
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efforts the
to support your
On issues from Cambodia and Korea, reform in Mongolia
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the Americas, to protecting the environment, we must
engage together globally. Prime Minister Miyazawa and I
3
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have outlined the areas for cooperation in the Global
ction
issued.
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two-way trade now accounts for
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mouthow 40% of our total
than with any other region on earth. Our trans-Pacific trade, which now
exceeds 300 billion dollars a year. The United States exports
more to Singapore than to Italy or Spain; more to Malaysia than
to the entire Soviet Union; and more to Indonesia than to all of
Eastern Europe put together. We will not support efforts to
carve our planet into trading blocs. We cannot afford it, and we
must not allow it.
Instead, we must ensure a strong, two-way economic
relationship between Japan and the United States -- with our
markets more open to new goods, and our industries more open to
new competitive ideas. and an equal flow of technology on both sides.
American businesses learned during the past decade that the
old ways no longer work in our changing, dynamic international
marketplace. Our companies have cut costs, improved quality and
fostered innovation. As a result, our products sell in markets
everywhere
except including in Japan. But we can and must do better.
We want to reduce the trade imbalance between us -- not
through real gimmicks or artificial devices, but simply by gaining
[complete] access to your markets.
We want to create fair opportunities for traders and
investors -- both buyers and sellers -- by removing the road
blocks, both seen and unseen, to free and fair trade. American
business doesn't need a hand-out and doesn't want one. Our
companies just want a chance to compete fairly in markets around
the world. Our government remains committed to free trade, and
6
we will reduce our own trade barriers, as our allies cut away
theirs.
The United States and Japan can light the way to a world of
free trade by concluding the Structural Impediments Initiative.
This agreement plays a pivotal role in our on-going efforts to
improve market access and remove non-tariff barriers to foreign
investment
The United States and Japan also must lead the way to a
successful conclusion for the Uruguay Round. Because of the
benefits we derive from free trade, Japan and the United States
bear a special responsibility for tackling the remaining
difficult issues -- quickly and decisively. This is not a matter
of charity: Free trade serves both our interests, and gives both
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our nations an opportunity to grow stronger, to assert even
greater leadership in the Post Cold War world.
4
for your pat
further
Improving our trade relations means one thing: opening your
markets.
Many sectors of the Japanese economy remain closed to
5
7
outside investment by complex and even unfair business practices
These practices hurt American companies, but they also hurt
Japanese consumers.
I've never had one American say to me: "Mr. President,
please raise prices in this country. " And I bet Japanese don't
say that, either.
Economic competition brings more consumer
choices and lower prices. In fact, the Toys R Us that I visited
in Kyoto offers prices thirty percent lower than its Japanese
competition. That's good for us and that's good for you.
Our two countries have embarked on a unique experiment
F
in interdependence called the Structural Impediments
In it,
Initiative. This process allows each to pinpoints the
others barriers to competitiveness and commits each to
4
reduce them. We must reinvigorate this commitment to
because
market access The beneficiaries of our success in this
effort will be businessmen and consumers on both sides of
the Pacific.
It means greater openness
in many sectors of the Japanese economy still biased
5
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against outside investment by complex and sometimes
collusive business practices.
7
Many of our Japanese friends argue that the United States
must improve its competitive fitness -- and they are right. We
recognize that some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems from
issues other than market access.
Japan's products are competitive around the world because
Japan has saved and invested at a rate double that of the United
States. You have focused on applied research and development and
new manufacturing technologies. Your companies have established
the world's finest quality control systems. You have developed a
highly educated labor force, and taken the long view to
developing markets abroad.
There is much for us to learn from you. We are taking steps
to boost our competitiveness -- improving education, cutting
taxes and regulations that hurt our economy; fighting the hidden
tax of crime; stimulating innovation and risk; and recognizing
companies that enhance productivity while improving product
quality.
I've brought with me a delegation of America's top business
leaders, the first time in history that a U.S. President has done
SO. Every one of them can tell you that despite the fact that
our economy is in some trouble right now, America still can draw
upon tremendous strengths.
have Our basic research is still the best [basic] anywhere. We
can boast of the world's finest universities. American
technology remains on the cutting edge in such advanced fields as
computers and biotechnology. Our society is diverse,
We can and will increase our rate of savings and
investment. We must continue to boost our manufacturing
excellence. We must reduce our budget deficit. To stimulate
innovation, risk and a longer-term business outlook, I want
G
investment credits, permanent R&D credits, and long-term
6
equity capital gains tax cuts. It is no accident that Japan
does not tax capital gains. It is an important ingredient of
competitiveness.
And we must raise our educational standards. Americans
understand that no nation will prosper long without a
first-rate educational system. In recent years our primary
and secondary educational system has not kept pace with the
world. While Japanese children spend 240 hours a month (?) in
the classroom ours spend far fewer, and too much time glued to
the T.V. (Interesting data Can be found in H.Stevensor's Paper, Tony Snaw)
Our America 2000 education plan is our strategy to mount a
6
revolution in education. It challenges citizens to set high
(6
standards for their schools and encourages all Americans to
join forces in increasing world-class schools. This is the
path to competitiveness.
The education achievements of Japan and others in the
Asia-Pacific region can inspire us to help us move quickly
down this path. This is why I've invited the countries of the
Pacific Rim to send their education ministers to Washington
for a conference next Spring to seek new ways to cooperate.
Document No. 295/3155
9432
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORAND
DATE:
12/26/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
3:00PM, FRIDAY, DEC. 27
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this office
NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
NSC concurs with changes as noted.
for Mone Brent Scowcroft Sangth?
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
CC: Phillip Brady
Ext. 2702
Grant / Grossman
A:JAPAN Draft four
01 DEPRESIDENTIAL pl: 47
December 26, 1991
ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
[Acknowledgements: Mr. Prime Minister; Members of the Diet;
distinguished guests.]
important
Journey
bat
not
S
I come to Japan at the culmination of an historic journey,
historic
rare moment in history
at a turning point in world events. The Soviet Union has
menace
vanished, and with it, the delusions of communism. Arabs and
Israelis in the Middle East have set aside ancient hatreds in
wrong
order to pursue the ideal of peace. Totalitarianism's tyranny
Japan
I to relevent audion
has died, and freedom's phoenix is spreading its wings [across
in
nations from Latin America to Eastern Europe Democracy has set
Am
down fragile roots even in such places as (tiny) Cambodia. A new
respect for human rights is on The more
Freedom was not reborn without pain. Its triumphs have been
with?
inscribed by blood and fire; its truths have been seared into our
hardwork
it has as tablished itself with startling bursting and aductions
souls through [pain] and sacrifice, This Century teaches us two
and accomplice
reconstruction
crucial lessons: First -- that protection and isolationism lead
and despension
protection ism,
to war and poverty, and second -- that political engagement and free trade
and hope
lead to peace and prosperity.
In this century, we learned anew that ideas have
consequences. Technologies that transmit ideas in the blink of
an eye give people the power to surmount barricades, elude barbed
Smit
wire and pull down walls designed to hold back the tide of truth.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift travel and
instant communication; drawn closer by common interests,
In this century, we learned anew that ideas matter.
Technologies that transmit volumes of information in the
blink of an eye can liberate nations with astonishing
speed. Liberating armies cannot accomplish through force
what liberation technologies can accomplish by appealing
to people's imaginations and dreams.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift
travel and communication; drawn closer by common
interests, ambitions and needs. As the two largest
economies and as leaders of this world, the United States
and Japan must face the challenge of building a new
international order based on the rule of law, respect for
human rights and democracy and open markets. The Cold War
is over and a new era beckons. We must construct a new
commonwealth of freedom -- and ensure that isolation and
protectionism never victimize our peoples again.
Today, I ask Japan to join with the United States in
building this new world -- one enriched by free trade and
robust competition; a world that will create a good life
for people everywhere. Our prosperity and yours are
indivisible. American businesses cannot flourish in Asia
unless the economies of Asia thrive and grow; Japan's
growth needs American markets open and growing.
Here in Japan, you nave a saying:
WILL
even in the depths of mountains." My friends, we can not
escape our destiny as partners. We must light the way to
a world of peace and prosperity for generations to come.
The United States straddles two great oceans, the
Atlantic and Pacific. We are an Atlantic nation, but we
also are a Pacific nation. Our ties to the Asia-Pacific
region grow daily; our two-way trade is now $310 billion
annually, one-third larger than that with Europe. In the
last fifteen years, the number of Americans of Asian
origin had quadrupled. These Americans, along with
hundreds of thousands from China, Japan, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Korea, and Thailand -- enrich our society.
They strengthen our mutuality of interests.
America has fought three major wars in the last
half-century in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens
here affects our fundamental economic, moral and political
interests.
The keystone of our continuing Asian engagement is our
alliance with Japan. Rarely in history have two nations
with such different historic and cultural roots nurtured
such an enduring relationship. Our people bound by
geography; bound by democracy; and we are bound by our
deep economic ties; together, we can help ensure the
prosperity and security of the region and the world.
I can not imagine meeting the challenges ahead without
U.S. Japan cooperation, cooperation that we must deepen
1
worldwide. This is why today., Prime Minister Miyazawa and
I have issued the "Tokyo Declaration" setting out the
basic principles and major aspects of our global
partnership. Our renewed alliance will define the shape
of the post-Cold War world.
3
more Laotians in the U.S. today than in the Laotian capital of
Vientiane; more Filipinos in California than in Cebu. These
Americans, along with hundreds of thousands from China, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand and Samoa -- enrich our
society. They strengthen our bonds of kinship and trade.
Street
America has fought three major wars in the last half-century
in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens here matters very much
to us. But at the core of our continuing Asian engagement stands
our alliance with Japan.
Rarely in history have two nations with such different
geographic and cultural roots nurtured such an enduring
relationship. Our people are brothers and sisters in democracy;
together, we can help ensure the prosperity and security of the
region. More broadly, our association will define the shape of
the post-Cold War world.
four
Consider the three key areas of our relationship.
First, we must reinforce the U.S.-Japan security alliance.
We enjoy a strong security link with Japan. Let us make the most
efficient use of our defense resources by building greater
coordination of our military forces and by promoting the two-way
2
flow of defense technology. Such cooperation will enhances our
security, and build even stronger political ties between us.
I know the Persian Gulf spurred spirited debate here about
In the wake of the Persian Gulf war, many nations have
topais globul role.
called upon Japan to share the burdens of world security. Let me
your contribution
say first that the American people appreciate deeply the support
to the condition effort in the Gulf.
you gave us during the Gulf War. We also understand that Japan
no nation outside the Gulf region provided more
financial support then did Japane
Japan's generous support for U.S. forces
stationed here - it will soon amount to 73% of all
2
non-salary costs of those forces -- is an important
demonstration of sharing responsibilities.
4
has become a key player in the global order. Your foreign policy
should reflect your larger responsibilities
3
Third
Second, we must deepen our understanding of each other. For
all of our interaction politically and economically, our people
know very little of the other's history, traditions and language.
We welcome the work of the Abe fund to expand exchanges and
interactions -- intellectual, scientific and cultural. Thanks to
it and programs like it, by the end of the century our two
nations will have a much larger group of people who have lived in
each other's country, speak each other's language and understand
more fully how important we are to each other. Although more
than 200,000 Asian students now study in American colleges and
universities, more Americans must immerse themselves in Asian
societies and cultures.
Thank fourth, and most important, we must work to Graden and expand our
As the exchange of free people and ideas flows between our
economic ties Through opening markets and reducing barriers to investment.
nations, our economic relations have taken center stage We are
now each other's largest overseas trading partner. Japan will
sell about $90 billion worth of goods and services to the United
pearly #50
States this year; we will sell more than $40 billion to Japan.
Our economies -- the world's two largest and most technologically
advanced -- have become increasingly intertwined.
This brings me to my third -- and most important final point.
Face up to
We must (acknowledge the economic tensions between us and we must
that thereater an ulations
reduce those tensions now through opening markets and eleminating
basiers to trude and investment.
The Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most rapidly
growing economic dynamo. We now conduct more trade with Asia
In the aftermath of the Gulf conflict, Japan has begun
to define its emerging role. As we emerged as a global
power earlier this century, our country went through a
similarly agonizing debate. Indeed, the forces of
isolationism defeated President Wilson's own
internationalist vision of the League of Nations after
World War I. And such destructive forces are with us
still.
3
3
Building a national consensus for an active global
role can be a very difficult affair, particularly in a
post-Cold war world where threats are unclear. We are
confident, though, that given the broad convergence of
U.S. and Japanese interests, internationalism will
prevail. An active and engaged Japan is critical to the
effectiveness of the post-Cold War system. The system
does not work unless leading powers lead.
This brings me to the second area of our relationship:
b2d
foreign policy cooperation. We must fulfill the promise
of our global partnership. Together we produce 40% of the
world's GNP and 40% of all bilateral aid. We have the
potential to marshall unrivaled resources for a better
future -- if our foreign policies are well coordinated.
Commonwealth
of
depedete
The upcoming conference on assistance to the former
3
Soviet republics is a crucial example of the importance of
such coordination. The demise of the Soviet Union
3
confronts us both with ominous dangers, but also historic
opportunities. The help Japan and other Asians provide in
the transformation of a totalitarian empire into
market-oriented and democratic states is key to future
peace and stability across the Eurasian continent.
On issues from Cambodia and Korea, reform in Mongolia
and Central Europe, the Uruguay Round and Enterprise for
the Americas, to protecting the environment, we must
3
2
engage together globally. Prime Minister Miyazawa and I
have outlined the areas for cooperation in the Global
Partnership plan of action we have issued.
two-way trade now accounts for
5
mouthern 40% four total
than with any other region on earth. Our trans-Pacific trade, which now
exceeds 300 billion dollars a year. The United States exports
more to Singapore than to Italy or Spain; more to Malaysia than
to the entire Soviet Union; and more to Indonesia than to all of
Eastern Europe put together. We will not support efforts to
carve our planet into trading blocs. We cannot afford it, and we
must not allow it.
Instead, we must ensure a strong, two-way economic
relationship between Japan and the United States -- with our
markets more open to new goods, and our industries more open to
new competitive ideas and an equal flow of technology on both sides.
American businesses learned during the past decade that the
old ways no longer work in our changing, dynamic international
marketplace. Our companies have cut costs, improved quality and
fostered innovation. As a result, our products sell in markets
everywhere -- except including in Japan. But we can and must do better.
We want to reduce the trade imbalance between us -- not
through real gimmicks or artificial devices, but simply by gaining
[complete] access to your markets.
We want to create fair opportunities for traders and
investors -- both buyers and sellers -- by removing the road
blocks, both seen and unseen, to free and fair trade. American
business doesn't need a hand-out and doesn't want one. Our
companies just want a chance to compete fairly in markets around
the world. Our government remains committed to free trade, and
6
we will reduce our own trade barriers, as our allies cut away
theirs.
The United States and Japan can light the way to a world of
free trade by concluding the Structural Impediments Initiative.
This agreement plays a pivotal role in our on-going efforts to
improve market access and remove non-tariff barriers to foreign
investment.
The United States and Japan also must lead the way to a
successful conclusion for of the Uruguay Round. Because of the
benefits we derive from free trade, Japan and the United States
bear a special responsibility for tackling the remaining
difficult issues -- quickly and decisively. This is not a matter
of charity: Free trade serves both our interests, and gives both
our nations an opportunity to grow stronger, to assert even
INSURT
greater leadership in the Post Cold War world.
4
for Improving pat
further
our trade relations means one thing: opening your
markets.
Many sectors of the Japanese economy remain closed to
5
V
outside investment by complex and even unfair business practices.
These practices hurt American companies, but they also hurt
Japanese consumers.
I've never had one American say to me: "Mr. President,
please raise prices in this country." And I bet Japanese don't
say that, either.
Economic competition brings more consumer
choices and lower prices. In fact, the Toys R Us that I visited
in Kyoto offers prices thirty percent lower than its Japanese
competition. That's good for us and that's good for you.
Our two countries have embarked on a unique experiment
in interdependence called the Structural Impediments
Initiative. This process allows each to pinpoint the
others barriers to competitiveness and commits each to
4
reduce them. We must reinvigorate this commitment to
market access. The beneficiaries of our success in this
effort will be businessmen and consumers on both sides of
the Pacific.
It means greater openness
in many sectors of the Japanese economy still biased
(5)
5
against outside investment by complex and sometimes
collusive business practices.
7
Many of our Japanese friends argue that the United States
must improve its competitive fitness -- and they are right. We
recognize that some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems from
issues other than market access.
Japan's products are competitive around the world because
Japan has saved and invested at a rate double that of the United
States. You have focused on applied research and development and
new manufacturing technologies. Your companies have established
the world's finest quality control systems. You have developed a
highly educated labor force, and taken the long view to
developing markets abroad.
There is much for us to learn from you. We are taking steps
to boost our competitiveness -- improving education, cutting
taxes and regulations that hurt our economy; fighting the hidden
tax of crime; stimulating innovation and risk; and recognizing
companies that enhance productivity while improving product
quality.
Insula
I've brought with me a delegation of America's top business
b
leaders, the first time in history that a U.S. President has done
so. Every one of them can tell you that despite the fact that
our economy is in some trouble right now, America still can draw
upon tremendous strengths.
have Our basic research is still the best [basic] anywhere. We
can boast of the world's finest universities. American
technology remains on the cutting edge in such advanced fields as
computers and biotechnology. Our society is the-most] diverse,
We can and will increase our rate of savings and
investment. We must continue to boost our manufacturing
excellence. We must reduce our budget deficit. To stimulate
innovation, risk and a longer-term business outlook, I want
investment credits, permanent R&D credits, and long-term
6
equity capital gains tax cuts. It is no accident that Japan
does not tax capital gains. It is an important ingredient of
competitiveness.
And we must raise our educational standards. Americans
understand that no nation will prosper long without a
first-rate educational system. In recent years our primary
and secondary educational system has not kept pace with the
world. While Japanese children spend 240 hours B month (7) in
the classroom ours spend far fewer, and too much time glued to
the T.V. (Interesting data Can be found in H -Steversor's Paper, Tony Snow)
Our America 2000 education plan is our strategy to mount a
revolution in education. It challenges citizens to set high
(6)
standards for their schools and encourages all Americans to
join forces in increasing world-class schools. This is the
path to competitiveness.
The education achievements of Japan and others in the
Asia-Pacific region can inspire us to help us move quickly
down this path. This is why I've invited the countries of the
Pacific Rim to send their education ministers to Washington
for a conference next Spring to seek new ways to cooperate.
8
energetic, creative and talented in the world. It draws upon the
strengths and insights of many cultures -- including yours.
These businessmen will also tell you that they care about
American jobs. They care about American exports. They know that
the Asian-Pacific market offers enormous potential to American
businesses that will accept the challenge of competition.
Indeed, our export business is stronger than ever. We sold
more exports last year than ever before. We enjoy a trade
surplus with Europe. But our trade deficit with Japan is truly
the exception. Let me say this: We've shown a) lot of
forbearance. Now we want equal access. We want fair play
The American economy and American jobs -- like the Japanese
economy and Japanese jobs -- increasingly depend on free trade
and open markets. Nearly half of our GNP growth between 1985 and
1990 was attributable to exports. New exports abroad mean new
jobs at home -- good jobs -- 19,000 new jobs for every billion
dollars in manufactured exports, and nearly 25,000 jobs for every
billion dollars in agricultural exports.
Every American knows that economic engagement can ensure a
better quality of life for themselves and their families. Free
and fair trade gives people access to high quality at low prices.
It enables societies to benefit from the best other societies
have to offer. It produces good jobs for everyone.
I've met with men and women from all walks of life in almost
every state of the Union and let me say this: the American people
feel very, very strongly in the necessity of creating a level
9
playing field for everyone. We want our trading partners to give
U.S. companies the same kind of opportunities that their firms
enjoy in the United States. That's not just free trade -that's
fair trade -- and it creates a basis for even greater freedom and
greater prosperity for all.
greater
trade
Free trade has propelled Japan toward world leadership.
volume
Open
Free markets have launched Japan toward economic prominence.
Japan now must join the ranks of world leadership in
strengthening the very institutions that have made us great: free
markets and free people.
I challenge Japan to becomethe worlds most
open market by the year 2000,
Today marks a turning point for us in many ways. Together,
we face the next millennium -- a new order for the ages, a new
world of freedom and democracy. We stand as world powers, with
the future presenting us with a decision. The United States has
made its choice: against isolationism and in favor of engagement;
against protectionism, and for free and fair trade. Today, I bid
Japan to do the same -- because engagement and free trade are in
your best interests. //
Together, let us shape a new and open world, a world of
vigorous competition and furious innovation; a world of greater
peace, prosperity and hope than ever before. Let's join together
for the sake of our workers, for the sake of world peace, and
most importantly, for the sake of the generations to follow us.
# # #
MASTER
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/26/91
DATE:
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
SUBJECT:
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
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VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH N/C
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SMITH
CARD
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91 DEPRESIDENTIAL pl: 47
December 26, 1991
ADDRESS: JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE
HOTEL NEW OTANI
TOKYO, JAPAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
[Acknowledgements: Mr. Prime Minister; Members of the Diet;
distinguished guests.]
I come to Japan at the culmination of an historic important journey, (NSC)
at a turning point in world history events. The Soviet Union has
vanished, and with it, the delusions of communism. Arabs and
tempered (Counsel)
Israelis in the Middle East have set aside ancient hatreds in
order to pursue the ideal of peace. Totalitarianism's tyranny
has died, and freedom's phoenix is spreading its wings across
Anew respect for human rights the is
nations from Latin America to Eastern Europe.
Democracy has set
is struggling to set down
1
V down fragile roots even in such places as tiny Cambodia.
(NSC)
)
sweeping
Freedom with was not reborn without pain. Its triumphs have been the globe
inscribed by blood and fire; its truths have been seared into our
taught (JAG)
souls through pain and sacrifice. This Century teaches us two
crucial lessons: First -- that protection and isolationism lead
to war and poverty, and second -- that engagement and free trade
political (NSC)
lead to peace and prosperity.
In this century, we learned anew that ideas have
consequences. Technologies that transmit ideas in the blink of
carry the human spirit over (JAG)
an eye give people the power to surmount barricades 1 elude barbed
and through
wire and pull down walls designed to hold back the tide of truth.
We live in a world transformed -- shrunken by swift travel and
instant communication; drawn closer by common interests,
2
ambitions and needs; propelled by the strength of people's
imaginations and dreams.
As leaders of this world, the United States and Japan must
anew international address based upon the rule of
face the challenge of building economic freedom, individual law, respect
open
The Cold was is overand a newera beckons.
for human
liberty and free markets. v History demands that we honor the
rts., and
political +
sacrifice of our fathers by constructing a new commonwealth of economic freedoms.
(NSC)
freedom -- and by ensuring that isolation and protectionism
remain the sleeping ghosts of the past, not the waking nightmares
of the future.
Today, I ask you to help build a new world -- one enriched
by free trade and robust competition; a world that will support
good jobs for workers everywhere.
us. exports and (Commerce)
I come here to create opportunities for good American jobs,
(Nsc)
But let there be no misunderstanding -- American growth is in
your best interest. And Asian growth is in ours. American
businesses cannot flourish in Asia unless the economies of Asia
thrive and grow.
Here in Japan, you have a saying. "The lantern bearer should
go ahead " My friends, we are the lantern-bearers of our age.
We must light the way to a world of peace and prosperity for
generations to come.
Let us move forward, together. The United States straddles
two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific. We are an Atlantic
nation, but we also are a Pacific nation. Our ties to the Asia-
Since 1975
Pacific region grow daily. In the last fifteen years, the number
(NSC)
of Americans of Southeast Asian origin has quadrupled. There are
B (NSC)
nearly (JAG)
3
more Laotians in the U.S. today than in the Laotian capital of
many (JAF)
Vientiane; more Filipinos in California than in Cebu. These
Americans, along with hundreds of thousands from China, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand and Samoa -- enrich our
society. They strengthen our bonds of kinship and (trade.)
America has fought three major wars in the last half-century
in the Asia-Pacific theater. What happens here matters very much
to us. But at the core of our continuing Asian engagement stands
our alliance with Japan.
Rarely in history have two nations with such different
historic (NSC)
geographic and cultural roots nurtured such an enduring
bound by democracy, and bound by our
relationship. Our people are brothers and sisters in democracy;
deep econ ties together
together, we can help ensure the prosperity and security of the
and the would.
region More broadly, our association will define the shape of
the post Cold War world. ( (NSC)
four
Consider the three key areas of our relationship.
First, we must reinforce the U.S.-Japan security alliance.
We enjoy a strong security link with Japan. Let us make the most
efficient use of our defense resources by building greater
coordination of our military forces and by promoting the two-way
(NSC)
flow of defense technology. D Such cooperation will enhanceSour
security, and build even stronger political ties between us.
I know the Persian Gulf spurred spirited debate here about Japan's
In the wake of the Persian Gulf war, many nations have
global role.
called upon Japan to share the burdens of world security. Let me
say first that the American people appreciate deeply the your support
Contribution to the coalition effort in the Gulf. No nation outside the Gulf region
you gave us during the Gulf War. We also understand that Japan
provided more financial support than did Japan.
4
has become a key player in the global order. Your foreign policy
should reflect your larger responsibilities
E
S
(NSC)
Third,
Second, we must deepen our understanding of each other. For
all of our interaction politically and economically, our people
know very little of the other's history, traditions and language.
We welcome the work of the Abe fund to expand exchanges and
interactions -- intellectual, scientific and cultural. Thanks to
it and programs like it, by the end of the century our two
nations will have a much larger group of people who have lived in
each other's country, speak each other's language and understand
more fully how important we are to each other. Although more
than 200,000 Asian students now study in American colleges and
universities, more Americans must immerse themselves in Asian
societies and cultures.
As the exchange of free people and ideas flows between our
nations, our economic relations have taken center stage. We are
now each other's largest overseas trading partners Japan will
sell about $90 billion worth of goods and services to the United
States this year; we will sell more than $40 billion to Japan.
nearly 50 (NSC)
Our economies -- the world's two largest and most technologically
advanced -- have become increasingly intertwined.
fourther
This brings me to my third -- and most important -- point.
we must broaden Y expand the our econ ties. through pening maiket. And.
We must acknowledge the economic tensions between us, and We must
(NSC)
also face up to
that threaten our relations.
reduce those tensions now. through opening markets * eliminating
bariness to trade y investment.
The Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most rapidly
growing economic dynamo. We now conduct more trade with Asia
to move forward the frontiers of technology and of the science
And working together. we have the opportunity the responsibility
that underlies it. (Bromley)
-
5
than with any other region on earth. Our trans-Pacific trade now
exceeds 300 billion dollars a year. The United States exports
more to Singapore than to Italy or Spain; more to Malaysia than
all of the countries in the former (Commerce)
to the entire Soviet Union; and more to Indonesia than to all of
Eastern Europe put together. We will not support efforts to
NAFTA?
carve our planet into trading blocs. We cannot afford it, and we
must not allow it.
Instead, we must ensure a strong, two-way economic
relationship between Japan and the United States -- with our
and services (Treasory)
markets more open to new goods 1, and our industries more open to
new competitive ideas, and an equal flow of technology on both sides (NSC)
American businesses learned during the past decade that the
(CEA)
old ways no longer work in our changing dynamic international
marketplace. Our companies have cut costs, improved quality and
fostered innovation. As a result, our products sell in markets
everywhere -- except in Japan. But we can and must do better. X (NSC)
We want to reduce the trade imbalance between us -- not
through gimmicks or artificial devices, but simply by gaining
complete access to your markets.
We want to create fair opportunities for traders and
investors -- both buyers and sellers -- by removing the road
blocks, both seen and unseen, to free and fair trade. American
business doesn't need a hand-out and doesn't want one. Our
companies just want a chance to compete fairly in markets around
open markets (CEA)
the world. Our government remains committed to free trade, and
6
we will reduce our own trade barriers, as our allies cut away
theirs.
lead
The United States and Japan can light the way to a world of
reinvigorating (Commerce USTR)
free trade by concluding the Structural Impediments Initiative
NSC
cut
These joint under takings play (..)
commitments ")
This agreement plays a pivotal role in our on-going efforts to
says
improve market access and remove non-tariff barriers to foreign
investment and reduce trade imbalances. (Treasury)
The United States and Japan also must lead the way to a
of
successful conclusion for the Uruguay Round. Because of the
benefits we derive from free trade, Japan and the United States
bear a special responsibility for tackling the remaining
difficult issues -- quickly and decisively. This is not a matter
of charity: Free trade serves both our interests, and gives both
our nations an opportunity to grow stronger, to assert even
greater leadership in the Post Cold War world.
economic (CEA)
further
Improving our trade relations means one thing: opening your
It means greater openness in (NSC)
markets.
Competition and (Treamy) Vsometimes collusive (NSC)
Many sectors of the Japanese economy remain closed to (NSC)
which still biassed against
outside investment by complex and even unfair business practices.
foreign goods and (CEA)
These practices hurt American companies, but they also hurt
Japanese consumers.
I've never had one American say to me: "Mr. President,
please raise prices in this country." And I bet Japanese don't
say that, either. Economic competition brings more consumer
choices and lower prices. In fact, the Toys 'R' Us that I visited
upto (JAG)
in Kyoto offers prices thirty percent lower than its Japanese
competition. That's good for us and that's good for you.
7
Many of our Japanese friends argue that the United States
(CEA)
must improve its competitive fitness -- and they are right. We
recognize that some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems from
issues other than market access.
Japan's products are competitive around the world because
Japan has saved and invested at a rate double that of the United
States. You have focused on applied research and development and
new manufacturing technologies. Your companies have established
the world's finest quality control systems. You have developed a
highly educated labor force, and taken the long view to
developing markets abroad.
There is much for us to learn from you. We are taking steps
to boost our competitiveness -- improving education, cutting
taxes and regulations that hurt our economy; fighting the hidden
tax of crime; stimulating innovation and risk; and recognizing
companies that enhance productivity while improving product
quality.
G
I've brought with me a delegation of America's top business
leaders, the first time in history that a U.S. President has done
so. Every one of them can tell you that despite the fact that
our economy is in some trouble right now, America still can draw
upon tremendous strengths.
Our basic research is still the best basic anywhere. We
(NSC) have
can boast of the world's finest universities. American
technology remains on the cutting edge in such advanced fields as
computers and biotechnology. Our society is the most diverse,
8
energetic, creative and talented in the world. It draws upon the
strengths and insights of many cultures -- including yours.
These businessmen will also tell you that they care about
American jobs. They care about American exports. They know that
the Asian-Pacific market offers enormous potential to American
businesses that will accept the challenge of competition.
Indeed, our export business is stronger than ever. We sold
more exports last year than ever before. We enjoy a trade
the persistence x magnitude of (CEA)
surplus with Europe. But "our trade deficit with Japan is truly
concerning USTR
the exception. Let me say this: We've shown a lot of
forbearance. Now we want equal access. We want fair play. //
too
use
NSC
The American economy and American jobs -- like the Japanese
this
art
(JAG,
economy and Japanese jobs -- increasingly depend on free trade
1/3 of our GDP (Treasury) OR: about 1/3 of our economic
and open markets. Nearly half of our GNP growth between 1985 and growth
over 40% of our GDP growth between 86 - 90 was attrib to Merchandise exports.
(CEA)
1990 was attributable to exports. New exports abroad mean new
(USTR)
over.stet
85
jobs at home -- good jobs 19,000 new jobs for every billion
merchandise
merchandise
dollars in manufactured exports, and nearly 25,000 jobs for every
billion dollars in agricultural exports.
Every American knows that economic engagement can ensure a
better quality of life for themselves and their families. Free
and fair trade gives people access to high quality at low prices.
It enables societies to benefit from the best other societies
have to offer. It produces good jobs for everyone.
I've met with men and women from all walks of life in almost
believe every state of the Union and let me say this: the American people
feel very, very strongly in the necessity of creating a level
9
playing field for everyone. We want our trading partners to give
U.S. companies the same kind of opportunities that their firms
enjoy in the United States. That's not just free trade that's
fair trade -- and it creates a basis for even greater freedom and
greater prosperity for all.
Free trade has propelled Japan toward world leadership.
open
Free markets have launched Japan toward economic prominence.
Japan now must join the ranks of world leadership in
strengthening the very institutions that have made us great: free
markets and free people.
Today marks a turning point for us in many ways. Together,
we face the next millennium -- a new order for the ages, a new
world of freedom and democracy. We stand as world powers, with
the future presenting us with a decision. The United States has
made its choice: against isolationism and in favor of engagement;
against protectionism, and for free and fair trade. Today, I bid
Japan to do the same -- because engagement and free trade are in
your best interests. //
Together, let us shape a new and open world, a world of
vigorous competition and furious innovation; a world of greater
peace, prosperity and hope than ever before. Let's join together
for the sake of our workers, for the sake of world peace, and
most importantly, for the sake of the generations to follow us.
# # #
Jan. 8 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992
ra and I are honored to be here. I
Text of Remarks at the Japanese
d to join you in welcoming the sea-
Welcoming Committee Luncheon in
mit ideas in the blink of an eye car
ne new year and to look ahead with
Tokyo
human spirit over barricades and t
and understanding to the era of a
January 9, 1992
barbed wire. They hurdle walls desig
tury.
hold back the truth.
rime Minister, let me offer my very
Thank you, Prime Minister Kaifu. Of
We live in a world transformed, sh:
congratulation on your election. I
course, I want to start my remarks by extend-
by swift travel and instant communi-
/ look forward to the work that lies
ing to all of you the President's apologies for
drawn closer by common interests and
before us. As you remarked earlier
not being present at lunch today. This meet-
tions, propelled forward by people's in
the United States and Japan share
ing was to be a high point of his trip. I'm
tions and dreams.
e values and bear à heavy responsibil-
sure you all know as well of his great respect
As leaders of this transforming WOI
world order. It ismy conviction that
and warm feelings for former Prime Minister
United States and Japan must help
:ed States and Japan must move for-
Kaifu. And it is with real regret that he was
new international order based on the
gether as partnersm
not able to be here at lunchtime today.
law, respect for human rights, and F
hare a common vision for the post-
As Prime Minister Kaify said, the Presi-
and economic liberty. We must shape
world, a world knitted together by
dent is fine. I talked to his doctor just an
enriched by open trade and robus'
trading system with common rules
hour ago. The doctor is a former classmate
petition, a world that will create a bet
possible free and equitable com-
of mine at college. I know him very well,
for people of all nations.
so I can assure you the information is correct.
The United States lies between tw.
I know our people share a love of
The doctor has told the President in very
oceans, the Atlantic and the Pacific.
so perhaps we should think of this
strict terms to rest this morning. He will be
a nation of the Atlantic by birth, but
rld in this spirit. You called your
resuming his schedule later today and, I'm
to the Asia-Pacific region deepen dai!
a team player, a description I would
sure, will express to all of you his deep regret
two-way trade is now $310 billion an
ly to America. So let's compete in
at not being able to join you at this wonderful
one-third larger than that with Europ
a of free and open trade. Open com-
gathering.
prosperity and yours are indivisible.
and close cooperation will make both
Mr. Prime Minister, members of the Diet,
ican businesses cannot flourish in Asia
ntries winners. Working together, no
distinguished guests, it is a deep honor to
the economies of Asia thrive and grow
ions can do more to realize a new
be here today. President Bush has asked me
At the same time, Japan's growth
eace and prosperity-than Japan and
to make his remarks to you this afternoon.
American markets open and growing
ed States.
Although there have been minor grammati-
1975, the number of Americans of As
ince spoke of the need to create an
cal changes in pronouns, this is the Presi-
gin has nearly quadrupled. What h.
y for the benefit of mankind and to
dent's speech. These are his words.
here is very important to us. And at t]
e the unknown. So now, let us join
We come to Japan at the culmination of
of our continuing Asian engagement
Let us forge-arglobal partnership
a long and productive journey. Today we
our alliance with Japan.
onfront the challenges of the coming
stand at a turning point in history. The cold
At each stop during his visit to the
For the sake of our children, for the
war is over. The Soviet Union has vanished
the President has stressed the challei
their children, we must not let these
and with it the delusions of communism.
must face, addressing the new secu
nities slip through our fingers.
Centuries-old enemies in the Middle East
quirements of our transforming wor'
'rime Minister, B hear you are fond
are tempering ancient hatreds in pursuit of
moting democracy, and generating
hrase "large trees with deep roots."
peace. Freedom's phoenix is rising from the
economic growth and prosperity. Let
mard the growing tree of our friend-
ashes of tyranny and nations from Latin
pand upon that by focusing on the
that it may shelter all the generations
America to Eastern Europe and from Cam-
relationship that the United States
bodia to Mongolia.
with Japan.
is friendship, I raise my glass.
Freedom's rebirth was painful; its tri-
Rarely in history have two nation
umphs inscribed in blood; its truce seared
such different and differing historic
he dinner was held in the Small Din-
by the fires of war and sacrifice. This century
roots developed such an extraordina
m at the Prime Minister's residence
has taught us two crucial lessons: First, that
tionship. Our people are bound by
). The President became ill at the din-
isolationism and protectionism lead to war
security, by democracy, and by our de
[ he returned to the Akasaka Palace.
and deprivation; and second, that political
nomic ties. There are those who dc
sh's remarks began at 8:55 p.m. Gen.
engagement and open trade lead to peace
future of this relationship. There are
cowcroft, Assistant to the President
and prosperity.
for tension. Here in Japan you have a
innal Security Affairs delivered the
These
lost
few
learned
of
Some rain must fall to prepare the
organ Jush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Jan. 9
55
apanese
Luncheon in
mit ideas in the blink of an eye carry the
er. And I must be frank in saying that there
human spirit over barricades and through
are problems in our economic relationship.
barbed wire. They hurdle walls designed to
Speaking not only for the United States but
hold back the truth.
for many developed countries, Japan's trade
ister Kaifu. Of
We live in a world transformed, shrunken
surplus is too high, and its market access too
marks by extend-
by swift travel and instant communication,
restricted.
it's apologies for
drawn closer by common interests and ambi-
President Bush has come to Japan as a
oday. This meet-
tions, propelled forward by people's imagina-
friend, seeking solutions to these concerns,
of his trip. I'm
tions and dreams.
believing that the expansion of free and fair
his great respect
As leaders of this transforming world, the
trade will do nothing but strengthen our rela-
r Prime Minister
United States and Japan must help build a
tionship. We in the United States are con-
gret that he was
new international order based on the rule of
fident about our capacity for partnership.
me today.
law, respect for human rights, and political
Our areas of common interest are too impor-
said, the Presi-
and economic liberty. We must shape a world
tant. Consider the four key areas of our joint
.S doctor just an
enriched by open trade and robust com-
relationship.
ormer classmate
petition, a world that will create a better life
First, the U.S.-Japan security alliance. We
V him very well,
for people of all nations.
enjoy a strong security bond with Japan. Ja-
nation is correct.
The United States lies between two great
pan's generous host-nation support for U.S.
resident in very
oceans, the Atlantic and the Pacific. We are
forces stationed here is an important dem-
ning. He will be
a nation of the Atlantic by birth, but our ties
onstration of shared responsibilities. Let us
to the Asia-Pacific region deepen daily. Our
make the most efficient use of our defense
r today and, I'm
u his deep regret
two-way trade is now $310 billion annually,
resources by building greater coordination of
at this wonderful
one-third larger than that with Europe. Our
our military forces and by promoting the two-
prosperity and yours are indivisible. Amer-
µway flow of defense technology. Such co-
abers of the Diet,
ican businesses cannot flourish in Asia unless
operation enhances our security and builds
a deep honor to
the economies of Asia thrive and grow.
even stronger political ties between us.
ush has asked me
At the same time, Japan's growth needs
The Gulf crisis sparked spirited debate
u this afternoon.
American markets open and growing. Since
here about Japan's global role. That makes
1975, the number of Americans of Asian ori-
it all the more profound that no nation out-
minor grammati-
this is the Presi-
gin has nearly quadrupled. What happens
side the Gulf region provided more generous
words.
here is very important to us. And at the core
financial support than did Japan. The Amer-
e culmination of
of our continuing Asian engagement stands
ican people and peace-loving people every-
irney. Today we
our alliance with Japan.
where appreciate deeply your contribution,
history. The cold
At each stop during his visit to the region
Japan's contribution, to the United Nations
the President has stressed the challenges we
coalition in the Gulf.
ion has vanished
of communism.
must face, addressing the new security re-
Even before the Gulf war, but especially
the Middle East
quirements of our transforming world, pro-
in its aftermath, Japan has continued to de-
eds in pursuit of
moting democracy, and generating world
fine its growing role in world affairs. An in-
is rising from the
economic growth and prosperity. Let me ex-
creasingly active engaged and responsible
tions from Latin
pand upon that by focusing on the special
Japan is critical to a forward-looking, post-
e and from Cam-
relationship that the United States enjoys
cold-war community. That community will
with Japan.
not exist unless its leading powers lead.
painful; its tri-
Rarely in history have two nations with
This brings us to the second area of our
its truce seared
such different and differing historic cultural
relationship, our foreign policy cooperation.
ifice. This century
roots developed such an extraordinary rela-
We must fulfill the bright promise of our
essons: First, that
tionship. Our people are bound by shared
global partnership. Together, we produce 40
nism lead to war
security, by democracy, and by our deep eco-
percent of the world's gross national product.
nomic ties. There are those who doubt the
nd, that political
We contribute together 40 percent of all bi-
de lead to peace
future of this relationship. There are reasons
lateral aid. We have the ability to marshal
for tension. Here in Japan you have a saying,
unrivaled resources to build a better future
again learned of
"Some rain must fall to prepare the ground
if our foreign policies are well coordinated.
blogies that trans-
for building." We can all see that without
America has a responsibility here, but it
progress we may be in for some rough weath-
is a responsibility we share with Japan. The
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Jan. 9 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
Administr.
upcoming conference on assistance to the na-
Although more than 200,000 Asian stu-
work in O:
tions of the former U.S.S.R., not the Com-
dents now study in American colleges and
place. Ou
monwealth of Independent States, is a timely
universities, more Americans must immerse
proved qu
example of such foreign policy coordination.
themselves in Asian societies and cultures.
As a resul:
The collapse of the Soviet Union has also
As the exchange of free people and ideas
erywhere
spurred questions within Japan about the du-
flows between our nations and as the cold
such acces
rability of U.S.-Japan alliance. For decades,
war ends in victory for our cause, our eco-
We mu.
this alliance has stood as the bulwark of
nomic relations have taken center stage. This
tween us,
American-Japanese international coopera-
brings me to the fourth and most important
through g.
tion. It is today every bit the linchpin of re-
point.
simply by
gional stability and bilateral cooperation that
If we are to expand our economic ties, we
to your m
wise men foresaw years ago.
must face up to the economic tensions that
portunitie
The demise of the Soviet Union may
threaten our relations. We must reduce those
buyers ano
confront us both with ominous dangers, but
tensions now by opening markets and by
both seen
it also presents us an historic opportunity.
eliminating barriers to trade and investment.
trade.
The leadership Japan and other Asian nations
We are now each other's largest overseas
America
can provide to help transform a once-totali-
trading partner. Japan will sell about $90 bil-
and doesn
tarian empire into market-oriented and
lion worth of goods and services to the Unit-
it is time
democratic states helps guarantee the future
ed States this year. We will sell nearly $50
a sense 01
peace and stability of our world.
billion to Japan.
you, we a.
Let me add that with the changes in the
Our economies, the world's two largest
the Unite
former Soviet Union, the United States sees
and most technologically advanced, have be-
Japan to re
no reason why Japan should not regain the
come irreversibly intertwined. Closing mar-
responsibi
Northern Territories. We share this goal, and
kets and restricting trade have previously
sake of th
in whatever way we can, we will help you
brought the world to the brink of economic
Japan dep
attain it.
disorder. Isolation and protectionism must
tion to tho
We cannot imagine meeting the foreign
remain the sleeping ghost of the past, not
kets, it is
policy challenges of our time without Japan
the waking nightmares of the future. We
but becaus
as a partner. That is why today Prime Min-
must reject these failed notions in the sure
for us all.
ister Miyazawa and President Bush will issue
knowledge that expanding markets mean ex-
Our CO.
a document called the Tokyo Declaration,
panding jobs and increasing prosperity for
to compe
setting out the basic principles and major
both our countries.
world. Ou
challenges of our global partnership. By put-
We must ensure a continued strong two-
to open II
ting into words the fundamentals of the two
way economic relationship between Japan
our own tr
great partners, we hope to guide the way
and the United States, with markets more
the their 0'
through the turbulent waters ahead. We
open to new goods and services, manufactur-
Our tw
must be clear about our responsibilities and
ers more open to new competitive ideas, the
unique ex
our requirements, for our renewed alliance
financial services industry competing on a
ence calle
will do much to define the shape of the post-
fair basis, and an equitable flow of technology
tiative. In
cold-war world.
on both sides.
other's ba.
Third, we must deepen our understanding
Our two countries share a special respon-
commits t
of each other. For all of our interaction politi-
sibility to strengthen the world economy.
vigorate t
cally and economically, our peoples know too
Yesterday the President and the Prime Min-
whether f
little of the other's history, traditions, and
ister announced a strategy for world growth,
or quality
language. We welcome the work of the Cen-
which commits both our countries to domes-
ficiaries VI
ter for Global Partnership in expanding ex-
tic policies to stimulate growth. Expanded
on both si
changes and interactions, intellectual, sci-
domestic demand in Japan translates into ad-
Improv
entific, and cultural. Thanks to such pro-
ditional exports to Japan for American prod-
further O'
grams, our two nations will have an ever-in-
ucts and jobs at home. And we are seeking
greater op
creasing number of people who have lived
broad support for growth policies among
nese econ
in each other's country, speak each other's
other industrialized countries as well.
vestment.
language, and understand more fully how im-
Many American businesses learned during
companie.
George Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Jan. 9
57
00,000 Asian stu-
work in our changing international market-
Americans want the same things you want,
rican colleges and
place. Our companies have cut costs, im-
a better quality of life for themselves and
ans must immerse
proved quality, and championed innovation.
their families. Americans never say, "Please
ties and cultures.
As a result, our products sell in markets ev-
raise our prices." And I bet the Japanese
e people and ideas
erywhere they have access. And candidly,
don't either. Every worker is also a
'S and as the cold
such access is still limited in Japan.
consumer, and economic competition brings
ir cause, our eco-
We must reduce the trade imbalance be-
them great choices and lower prices. In fact,
1 center stage. This
tween us, not through managed trade,
the Toys-R-Us store that the President vis-
ad most important
through gimmicks or artificial devices, but
ited in Kyoto offers prices up to 30 percent
simply by gaining true and welcome access
lower than its Japanese competition. The
economic ties, we
to your markets. We want to create fair op-
stunning success of the consumer's response
omic tensions that
portunities for traders and investors, both
to its sister store north of Tokyo tells the
must reduce those
buyers and sellers, by removing the barriers
same story. That's good for us, and it's good
markets and by
both seen and unseen to open an equitable
for you.
le and investment.
trade.
U.S. export business is stronger than ever.
S largest overseas
American business doesn't need a handout
We sold more exports last year than ever be-
sell about $90 bil-
and doesn't want one. Some say that perhaps
fore. We enjoy a trade surplus with Europe.
rvices to the Unit-
it is time to help the United States out of
About one-third of our economic growth be-
ill sell nearly $50
a sense of pity or compassion. Let me tell
tween 1985 and 1990 was attributable to
you, we are looking for no such help. What
merchandise exports. To Japan, our manufac-
orld's two largest
the United States wants from Japan is for
tured exports are up 70 percent since 1987,
dvanced, have be-
Japan to recognize its international economic
a $20 billion increase that represents almost
ned. Closing mar-
responsibility for its own sake and for the
half-a-million jobs.
e have previously
sake of the global marketplace upon which
Still the overall trade deficit with Japan re-
brink of economic
Japan depends. When we express apprecia-
mains large. And I might add, its persistence
rotectionism must
tion to those who seek to open Japanese mar-
is truly the exception among our trading part-
t of the past, not
kets, it is not because we need a handout
ners. Let me say this: We have waited a long
f the future. We
but because we know an open Japan is good
time, but now the time has come for equal
otions in the sure
for us all.
access; fairplay is in both our interests.
markets mean ex-
Our companies simply expect the chance
As you know, the United States and Japan
ing prosperity for
to compete fairly in markets around the
also face the urgent challenge of leading the
world. Our Government remains committed
way to a successful conclusion of the Uruguay
inued strong two-
to open markets, and we will further reduce
round. Because of the benefits we each de-
P between Japan
our own trade barriers as our friends disman-
rive from free trade, Japan and the United
ith markets more
tle their own.
States bear special responsibility for tackling
vices, manufactur-
Our two countries have embarked on a
the remaining difficult issues quickly and de-
petitive ideas, the
unique experiment in economic independ-
cisively. The success of the round depends
competing on a
ence called the Structural Impediments Ini-
on bold, farsighted leadership. We must lift
flow of technology
tiative. In this effort, each side pinpoints the
our gaze to the glimmering horizon of broad-
other's barriers to competitiveness, and each
er prosperity and not worry over the stones
e a special respon-
commits to reduce them. We both must rein-
in our immediate path.
world economy.
vigorate this commitment to market access,
Yes, all of us have problems with portions
d the Prime Min-
whether for high quality American products
of the so-called Dunkel draft, but we cannot
for world growth,
or quality American services. The bene-
let the progress it represents slip through our
ountries to domes-
ficiaries will be the workers and consumers
fingers. If we allow that draft to be picked
growth. Expanded
on both sides of the Pacific.
apart by special interests, who wins? Not our
translates into ad-
Improving our economic relations includes
people, not yours, not the less-developed na-
or American prod-
further opening your markets. It means
tions. No one.
id we are seeking
greater openness in many sectors of the Japa-
The GATT round is the world's best hope
a policies among
nese economy still biased against outside in-
for expanding trade for all countries. Men
es as well.
vestment. These practices hurt American
and women from all walks of life and all parts
ses learned during
companies, but they also hurt Japanese con-
of America constantly tell the President this.
Id ways no longer
sumers.
They believe very, very strongly in creating
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a level playing field for everyone. We want
tell you that despite the fact that our econ-
all our trading partners to give the United
omy is facing some new tough times right
States companies the same kind of opportu-
now, America still draws upon tremendous
nities that their firms enjoy in the United
strengths. Our basic research is the best any-
States. That's not just free trade; that's fair
where. We have many of the world's finest
trade. And it creates a basis for even greater
universities. American technology remains
freedom and greater prosperity for all.
on the cutting edge in many advanced fields,
Many of our Japanese friends argue that
such as computers and biotechnology.
the United States must improve its competi-
Our society is energetic, creative, and tal-
tiveness, and they're right. We recognize that
ented. It has the added advantage of drawing
some of our bilateral trade imbalance stems
upon the strengths and insights of many cul-
from causes other than restricted market ac-
tures, including Japan's.
cess. One reason for Japan's competitiveness
The chief executive officers accompanying
is because Japan has saved and invested at
a rate double that of the United States. You
the President will also tell you that they care
have focused on applied research and devel-
about American jobs. They care about Amer-
opment and new manufacturing tech-
ican exports; obviously, so does the Presi-
dent. We know that the Asian-Pacific market
nologies. Your companies have established
fine quality control systems. You have devel-
offers enormous potential to those American
oped a highly educated labor force and have
businesses that will accept the challenge of
taken the long view to develop markets
competition. That same competition has pro-
abroad.
pelled Japan toward world leadership. Open
There is much for us to learn from you.
markets around the world has provided Japan
We are taking steps to boost our competitive-
with economic prominence. Japan must now
ness. We can and will increase our rate of
join the ranks of world leadership in strength-
savings and investment. We will continue to
ening free markets and freedom.
boost our manufacturing excellence. We will
Finally, let me leave with you a message
reduce the budget deficit. To stimulate inno-
that the President wished to give directly to
vation, risk, and longer-term business out-
the people of Japan. And I quote:
look, the President is pushing for investment
The American people are your friends.
incentives, R&D credits, and capital gain tax
Friendship must be built upon three pillars:
cuts. In America, cutting capital gains is po-
fairness, trust, and respect. We expect noth-
litically extremely difficult. It would be easier
ing less, and we ask for nothing more. Today
if our politicians saw the positive effect on
marks a turning point for us in many ways.
Japan's competitiveness due to low capital
Together, we face the next millennium. A
gains rates.
And America must raise its educational
new order for the ages, a new world of free-
standards. Our America 2000 education strat-
dom and democracy. We stand as the world's
egy will fuel a revolution for better quality
powers with the future presenting us with
a decision. The United States has made its
schools. This is another path to competitive-
ness. The education achievements of Japan
choice against isolationism and in favor of en-
and others in the Asia-Pacific region inspire
gagement, against protectionism and for ex-
us. That is why President Bush has invited
panding trade. Today, we bid Japan to do
the countries of the Pacific Rim to send their
the same because engagement and open
education ministers to Washington for a con-
trade are in your best interest.
ference this spring to seek new ways to co-
Together, let us shape a new and open
operate and to learn from each other's ac-
world, a world of vigorous competition and
complishments.
dazzling innovation. Let us build a world of
With the President today, traveling with
greater prosperity and peace than ever be-
him, is a delegation of America's top business
fore. If not for the sake of ourselves, then
leaders. They've come to explore new busi-
for the sake of our children. This is the finest
ness opportunities in all the nations the
legacy that we could bequeath to them.
President has visited. Every one of them can
Thank you very much.
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SPEECH TO JAPANESE AND AMERICAN POLITICAL/BUSINESS LEADERS
AT LUNCHEON HOSTED BY OFFICIAL WELCOMING COMMITTEE
SCENESETTER
PURPOSE
To give a major policy speech setting out your vision of
the U.S.-Japan relationship, emphasizing the importance we
attach to our bilateral relationship, to the need for a
more equitable economic relationship, and to the
opportunities facing the global partnership.
THE SETTING
The official welcoming committee, chaired by former Prime
Minister Kaifu, will be hosting a luncheon for you in the
Crystal Room at the Akasaka Prince Hotel, a large,
relatively new, luxury-class hotel in close proximity to
the Akasaka Detached Palace. There will be between
500-600 guests, including the cream of the political,
business, academic and cultural communities in Tokyo and
approximately 80 Americans from embassy, military and
business circles. While the audience will include
distinguished Japanese men and women, spouses will not be
invited in keeping with customary Japanese practice. This
will be the premier public event of the visit, and there
will be extensive media coverage. The speech will be
widely viewed and read in Japan, and will help set the
tone of the relationship through the 1990's.
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