SUPERCOMPUTER TRADE DISPUTE.

SEC. 1307. SUPERCOMPUTER TRADE DISPUTE. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that— (1) United States manufacturers of supercomputers have encountered significant obstacles in selling supercomputers in Japan, particularly to government agencies and universities; (2) Japanese government procurement policies and pricing practices have denied United States manufacturers access to the Japanese supercomputer market; (3) it has been reported that officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan have told United States Government officials that Japanese government agencies and universities do not intend to purchase supercomputers from United States manufacturers, or take steps to improve access for United States manufacturers; (4) the United States Government in August 1987 signed an agreement with the Government of Japan establishing procedures for the procurement of United States supercomputers by the Government of Japan; (5) concern remains as to implementation of the procurement agreement by the Government of Japan; (6) there have been allegations that Japanese manufacturers of supercomputers have been offering supercomputers at drastically discounted prices in the markets of the United States, Japan, and other countries; (7) deep price discounting raises the concern that Japan’s large-scale vertically integrated manufacturers of 102 STAT. 1184supercomputers have targeted the supercomputer industry with the objective of eventual domination of the global computer market; and (8) the supercomputer industry plays a central role in the technological competitiveness and national security of the United States. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Trade Representative and other appropriate officials of the United States Government should— (1) give the highest priority to concluding and enforcing agreements with the Government of Japan which achieve improved market access for United States manufacturers of supercomputers and end any predatory pricing activities of Japanese companies in the United States, Japan, and other countries; and (2) continue to monitor the efforts of United States manufacturers of supercomputers to gain access to the Japanese market, recognizing that the Government of Japan may continue to manipulate the government procurement process to maintain the market dominance of Japanese manufacturers.