it would force nations in the region to decide between the uniting nation and japan - - or maybe between korea and china . and it would fall a promise the recent reborn europe central economic cooperation ( apec ) holds as a vehicle to assure american consumer entry to the booming pacific cities . to risk all of this in the terms of a flawed conceptual is reckless . this is not to deny the administration ' s frustration disappointment with a persistently larger us trade surplus .
APEC is the newly born Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.