China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation and negotiation of a free trade agreement with ASEAN risks leaving Japan out in the cold, says Sharif Shuja.President Bush’s view is that Japan, not China, should be the focus of American security politics in the Asia-Pacific and that Japan was all too often ignored during the Clinton years. The Bush Administration sees Japan as an increasingly important global partner in peacekeeping, in promoting democracy, in protecting the environment, an…
