Passage 1
Once, when Japan faced pressure from abroad, it would either give in reluctantly or keep quietand hope that the fuss would die down. No longer it seems. America wants Japan to meet importtargets for some American goods, but far from capitulating to the thrust of American trade policy,Japan is taking stand that could lead to a trans-Pacific confrontation. The annual white paper ontrade development published by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry will reject theargument that Japan needs special trade sanctions. It is Japan's persistent surplus, more thananything, that has provoked anger in Washington. This year the surplus has been growing fast. Withthe economy still barely growing, despite two fiscal packages in the past nine months, Japan's criticssay that the country is once more exporting its way out of recession.

Paraphrase "exporting its way out of recession".