In the 1980s Japan agreed to limit the quantity of automobiles it would export to the United States. Why did the Japanese government agree to this trade restriction?
A) Japanese automobile producers lobbied for the restrictions in order to increase the price of their exports to the U.S.
B) The Japanese government wanted more automobiles to be available for export to countries other than the United States.
C) The Japanese government feared that the alternative would be a tariff or quota on imports of Japanese automobiles imposed by the U.S. government.
D) The Japanese government wanted to limit sales to the United States in order to make more automobiles available for Japanese consumers.

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The Japanese government agreed to the voluntary export restraints to avoid harsher trade restrictions, such as tariffs or quotas, that the U.S. might impose due to the growing trade imbalance and to protect the interests of their automotive industry in the long term.

In the 1980s Japan Agreed to Limit the Quantity of Automobiles