Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone willmake an official week-long visit to the United States from
April 29 and hold talks in Washington with President Reagan,
Chief Cabinet Secretary Masaharu Gotoda told reporters.
    Government sources said Nakasone would try to resolve
growing bilateral trade friction and discuss the June Venice
summit of Western industrial democracies.
    Foreign Minister Tadashi Kuranari will accompany Nakasone,
ministry officials said.
    U.S. Industry sources in Washington said the White House
Economic Policy Council was recommending trade sanctions
against Japan for violating the two countries' agreement on
semiconductor trade.
    Under the pact, Japan pledged to stop dumping microchips in
the U.S. And Asia and open its domestic market to U.S.
Semiconductors.
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