it would forcing countries in the region to choosing between the union states and japan - - or maybe between japan and china . and it then collapse whatever guarantee the newly spawned north pacific economic cooperation ( apec ) hands as a vehicle to assurance american commercial access to the emerging pacific markets . to undertake all of this in the name of a flawed concept is foolish . this is not to deny the administration ' s understandable conflict with a perennially huge japanese labor gain .
APEC is the newly born Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.