	yeutter sees u s japan verging on  conflict the united states and japan are on the brink of serious conflict on  especially over semiconductors japanese unwillingness for public bodies to buy u s super computers and barriers to u s firms seeking to participate in the eight billion dlr kansai airport project u s  representative clayton yeutter said he was talking to reporters yesterday on the eve of a two day meeting of  ministers which will review progress made by committees set up after the uruguay meeting last september launched a new round of gatt general agreement on tariffs and  talks european community ec commissioner willy de clercq meanwhile told reporters conflict between the world s three major trading and economic powers the ec the u s and japan set a poor example for other members of gatt australian  minister john dawkins told the reporters bilateral retaliation at the enormous expense of the rest of the world was no way to solve  disputes new zealand  minister mike moore told his colleagues great progress had been made in preparing for the current round of gatt negotiations which must not be sidetracked the ministers have said they want to maintain the momentum towards fresh negotiations or avert serious  conflicts yeutter said the problem with international  talks was that they tended to get bogged down for years countries don t get very serious about negotiating until the end of the day which is maybe five or six years in the future he also said he did not consider the new u s congress as protectionist as it was months ago that s a very healthy development he added if you asked me about that a year or months ago i would have said that it was terribly protectionist members of congress that is the contemplative members of congress have begun to realise protectionism is not the answer to the billion dlr  deficit yeutter said they ve also begun to realise that you cannot legislate solutions to a billion dollar  deficit so they are more realistic and in my judgement more responsible on that issue than they were or months ago he added whether that will be reflected in the legislation that eventually emerges is another matter reuter 
