Officials at Japan’s Ministry of International Trade & Industry now say that they’re tired of quibbling over market share figures with the US, and say they don’t intend to allow the US to establish a new market share goal in upcoming semiconductor talks, which will begin in Hawaii next Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports – Because there was a controversy over the old 20% figure, which was taken as some form of commitment, we have no intention of referring to any new numbers Koji Matsui, deputy director of the industrial electronics division of the Ministry declared.
