Yet more importantly in the long-term for trade agreements, the ACCJ monograph pointed to a very simple and neglected point: follow-up.

FORBES: Lessons From Japan's Trade Policies

In 1996 with representatives of leading U.S. semiconductor firms I was a committee member reviewing U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade agreements as part of an extensive evaluation of all U.S.-Japan trade agreements from 1980 to 1996 launched by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ).

FORBES: Lessons From Japan's Trade Policies