At the present time, the three big automobile manufacturers have purchased 250,000 automobiles from Japan in 1987. They make no effort at all to sell their cars in Japan, and then call Japan unfair because Japan sells too much in the U.S. and Japan will not buy their products. One of the reasons why U.S.-Japan relations are in such a mess is that Japan has not told the U.S. the things that need to be said. When I go to foreign countries, I hear that Japanese work too much. Our society cannot continue to eat unless we keep producing products.
People have to have products in order to live.
They use golf clubs, and drive automobiles. If they want these products and do not wish to import them, they must manufacture them. I am a businessman. I am not forcing my customers to buy things from me. We expend our energies on how to make our products most attractive to the customer.