《对日和平条约》(1951年9月8日)的签订,使日本在政治上成为“西方的一员”。但是,在经济上怎么办?如何才能加入西方的经济体系?这是媾和后日本亟待解决的重要课题。美国是日本的支持者,但西欧各国对日本并无好感。因此,当日本申请加入“关税及贸易总协定”(以下简称“关贸总协定”)时,遇到了来自以英国为代表的西欧各国的巨大阻力。为了排除阻力,日本一方面开展了以加入关贸总协定为中心的对西欧各国的经济外交,一方面不断调整国内经济体制,使之与西方各国接轨。 The signing of the “Peace Treaty between Japan and Japan” (September 8, 1951) has made Japan politically a “member of the West.” However, what should we do economically? How can we join the Western economic system? This is an important issue to be solved urgently by Japan and Japan. The United States is Japan’s supporter, but Western European countries do not like Japan. Therefore, when Japan applied for joining the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), it encountered huge resistance from the countries of Western Europe represented by Britain. In order to eliminate resistance, Japan, on the one hand, conducted economic diplomacy with Western European countries with the participation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. On the one hand, Japan continued to readjust its domestic economic structure and bring it into line with the Western countries.