In the 1980s, the U. S. government forced Japanese automakers to limit their exports to the United States. The union representing the autoworkers (UAW), argued that otherwise the U. S. auto industry would have contracted. The UAW's argument is the argument for protection.

Save domestic jobs

Explanation:

The United States government in the 1980s coerced the Japanese automakers to drastically reduce the export of the product into the United States soil in order to protect and save the domestic jobs, This simply means persistent increase of export by automakers into the United States can force the local industries out of job or cause reduction of employees.

UAW which is an acronym of United Auto Workers and which is also known as The International Union, United Automobile Aerospace, and Agricultural Implemented Workers of America is simply known as a labour Union which who protect and represent the interested of workers in the United States and Canada.

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