Introductory remarks / Harold T. Shapiro -- The government, business, and labor perspective / Paul W. McCracken -- The future of the U.S. automobile industry / Neil Goldschmidt -- U.S.-Japan trade relations / Yasuhiko Suzuki -- Labor and the Japanese challenge / Donald Ephlin -- The American automobile industry and the Japanese challenge / Fred G. Secrest -- Questions to panelists -- The legislative response to unemployment in the auto industry / Donald W. Riegle, Jr. -- Japanese industrial policy / Ira C. Magaziner -- Quality control practices in the auto industry / Robert E. Cole -- Analysis of U.S. and Japanese automotive technology / David E. Cole -- Japanese automobile management practices / John Schnapp.