That was only the first in a series of grievances, including what he called the lack of transparency in business selection procedures and the absence of strong copyright protection, which has led to piracy in Israel.
He also called for auto-insurance reform, saying that insurance is based on engine sizes and is tilted against U.S. automakers. And he called for changing packaging standards, saying that reliance on metric measures discriminate against American manufacturers without benefiting the Israeli consumer.
The United States remains committed to economic and military aid to Israel, Eizenstat said, but the two nations also maintain a $12 billion trade relationship that can be separated from political concerns.