Shows how trade policies in the US and the European Union have shaped the rapid internationalization of Japanese firms in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Highlights the role of technological and managerial capabilities as well as inter-firm linkages within industrial groups ( keiretsu ) in trade and investment behavior. Theories of strategic trade policy and multinational enterprise are developed and applied to the experience of Japanese firms. Major lessons are drawn from Japanese antidumping measures and local content rules targeting Japanese electronics firms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.