日本细川首相于2月中旬肩负重任,首次出访美国。美日两国首脑就多方面问题举行了会谈。会谈在有的问题上比较融洽,但在最主要的议题——美日贸易问题上却谈崩了。崩在美国坚持要日本接受用以衡量日本市场对外开放程度的“数值指标”,而日本方面坚决不接受,大声对美国说“不”。这样,过去美国坚持施压、日本被迫让步的“模式”,在这次美日首脑会谈中没有能够行得通。 Japan’s Prime Minister Hosokawa took up his heavy responsibility in mid-February and made his first trip to the United States. The heads of the United States and Japan held talks on various issues. The talks were more harmonious on some issues, but they broke down on the most important issue, the US-Japan trade issue. The collapse in the United States insisted that Japan accept the “numerical indicators” used to measure the openness of the Japanese market, while the Japanese side did not accept it and shouted “no” to the United States. In this way, in the past, the United States insisted on exerting pressure and Japan was forced to make concessions as a “model” that did not work in this US-Japan summit.