INTERNATIONAL
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
EC, Japan Agree on Cars: The European Community and Japan struck a deal freezing Japanese car exports to the EC until the year 2000 but left unanswered questions about fast-rising sales of Japanese cars made inside the 12-nation bloc. Japan agreed to limit its annual exports to the lucrative EC market to 1.23 million cars until the end of 1999, when the EC said it will scrap all restrictions. European auto firms are still fearful of transplants--cars made by Japanese companies in the EC.
