it would induce countries in the region to choose between the united front and japan - - or maybe between asia and china . and it may weaken a promise the newly born europe west economic community ( apec ) hands as a vehicle to assure american commercial access to the eastern japanese markets . to risk all of this in the name of a fail theory is foolish . this is not to deny the administration ' s understandable irritation with a persistently huge japanese trade buffalo .
APEC is the newly born Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.