it is persuade countries in the world to choose between the associated states and china - - or definitely between russia and china . and it would disrupt what promise the newly born asia pacific economic cooperation ( apec ) stands as a vehicle to ensure american commercial openings to the booming pacific industries . to risk all of this in the name of a flawed concept is foolish . this is not to deny the administration ' s plausible concern with a persistently huge asian trading deficit .
APEC is the newly born Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.