Had the Japanese decided to exclude the U.S. from participation in the development and production of the FS-X, no trade, technologytransfer, or employment benefits would accrue to the United States.
Its job should be to see to it that all of the relevant agencies have a fair and appropriate opportunity to participate in matters relating to foreign trade, technologytransfer, financial transactions, etc.
To my certain knowledge, the Commerce Department has proven no more able to resist the opportunities for abusing the interagency process in those international negotiating areas where it enjoys primacy (notably East-West trade and technologytransfer policies) than has any other agency.