Sony introduced a product to the world market in 1979, and in October 2010 announced that they would cease selling it in Japan. What product was it?
Sony Canada is founded 1956 Canadian Albert D. Cohen brings Sony's transistor radios to Canada. T. Eaton Co. Limited is first retailer outside Japan to buy a Sony product. 1968 Sony of Canada Ltd. is established 1970 Sony of Canada Ltd. opens The Sony Store, the first Sony retail store in the world 1970 Trinitron colour television introduced 1975 General Distributors (Gendis) assumed 51 percent ownership of Sony of Canada Ltd 1976 Sony wins an Emmy award for its development of the Trinicon single-tube camera, electronic editing units and the U-matic, the world's first videocassette system 1979 Launch of the "Walkman", the
EC-IT product dispute Union's claim. In order to come to resolution and reduce scope of procedural disputes, Japan and the European Union had concluded a sequencing agreement. EC-IT product dispute European communities and its member states — tariff treatment of certain information technology products or for short EC - IT Product Dispute (DS376) is a WTO dispute initiated by Japan with European Communities and its member states as respondents. Dispute was initiated on September 28, 2008 and was settled on August 16, 2010, with Dispute Settlement Body recognizing European Union's violations. Products at issue of Japan - European Union dispute were IT Products