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The cooperation between Government and industry that Carter has suggested would have been anathema to Detroit's leaders only a few years ago. But today, with sales running at 70% of 1978's levels, the industry has changed its views. Says Chrysler's Iacocca: "We are just taking a page out of the Japanese book. We've got to cooperate."
The trouble is that the Japanese book is written for the Japanese. The close business-government relations found in that country may be difficult to adapt to the U.S. Any new liaison among Washington politicians, Detroit carmakers and the auto workers' union could turn into a very bumpy affair.