There was skepticism about this long-standing wisdom when it was argued that, if Japan was closed and the US was open, Japanese firms would have two markets and American firms would have one.
Ohledně této dávné moudrosti panoval jistý skepticismus, když se tvrdilo, že pokud by bylo Japonsko uzavřené a USA otevřené, měly by japonské firmy k dispozici dva trhy, zatímco americké pouze jeden.