91.   The talks have been suspended since February when Japan rejected US demands to set numerical targets in cutting the Japanese surplus.

92.   The US side was insisting on numerical targets which Japan rejected as leading to managed trade and quotas.

93.   There are no numerical targets.

94.   Tokyo is refusing any numerical targets for increased imports, while Washington says no objective measure of progress can be conducted without using numbers in some form.

95.   Tokyo is refusing numerical targets because they smack of managed trade, while Washington says it is impossible to document progress without the use of numbers in some form.

96.   Tokyo says numerical targets mean managed trade, while Washington says the only way to gauge progress is by using numbers in some form.

97.   Tokyo was rejecting US calls for numerical targets, saying this smacked of managed trade and quotas.

98.   Tokyo argues that such numerical targets would violate free trade.

99.   Tsukahara said Japan would not compromise on its resistance to numerical targets and other arrangements that could expose it to retaliation under US trade law.

100.   Tokyo is refusing any numerical targets of increased imports, while Washington says no objective measure of progress can be conducted without using numbers in some form.