The Market Oriented Sector Selective talks (MOSS) were held between the United States

United States

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 and Japan

Japan

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 in 1984. Topic were trade frictions on four product areas: forest products, telecommunication

Telecommunication

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s equipment and services, electronics, and pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutics

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 and medical equipment. The talks were aimed at routing out all overt and informal barriers to imports in these areas, especially on the Japanese side. The negotiations lasted throughout 1985 and achieved modest success.

See also

• Japan-United States relations
• Economic relations of Japan
  Economic relations of Japan
  In its economic relations, Japan is both a major trading nation and one of the largest international investors in the world. In many respects, international trade is the lifeblood of Japan's economy...
  
  
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization . GATT was signed in 1947 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World...