Limitations of voluntary restraints -- Follies of voluntary restraints : politics and economics -- CD players : laser light at the end of the tunnel -- Meeting the challenge : blind alley of new protection -- Trade rules and struggle for margin -- Japan's market structure as international trade barrier -- Market structure and dumping -- Myth of Japanese efficiency : dumping of compact disc players -- Aftermath of VCRs : the politicised end to a continuing story -- Blurred picture : trade policy and television's future in the dark -- Orientation on origin rules : a digression on discrimination -- Inter and intra European company politics -- Trade policy and pressure politics : fax machines -- Dark practices in lighting -- Methodology of dumping -- After all.