Showing papers in "Berkeley Journal of International Law in 1989"
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TL;DR: A number of high-technology joint ventures have become a popular topic of conversation in international business and trade circles and have raised significant concerns within the international trade community and have prompted some American business and political leaders to sound both economic and national security warnings.
Abstract: International high-technology joint ventures have become a popular topic of conversation in international business and trade circles. Foreign companies have entered into what have been called "strategic partnerships," "R&D consortia," "exchange agreements," and "second sourcing arrangements" with high-technology firms in the United States. Although cross-national commercial cooperation is hardly unusual, the innovative new forms assumed by these high-technology firms have raised significant concerns within the international trade community and have prompted some American business and political leaders to sound both economic and national security warnings. Recent examples of such joint ventures include a design and technology sharing arrangement for computer development between AT&T and Olivetti; collaboration over semiconductor production between LSI Logic and Kawasaki; a joint manufacturing operation in Japan combining Motorola's microprocessor technology and Toshiba's memory chip expertise; joint automobile production between General Motors and Toyota; and joint biotechnology research and development agreements between Alza and CeibaGeigy. Moreover, similar cooperative efforts appear to be proliferating. 2
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