América Latina: ¿clase media de las naciones?

coining inJustriali:too eountries, Japan is movíag' in the direction',óf reinforcing c6operation with the United.States aud Ee té) protect the market of certain products, t'exüle, steel and others, for their in– terests. Furthermore, Japan shares common interest with the United Sta... tes and Western Ewrope in tllking a negative position towaró a radi– ca:! change oE existíng international economÍc order. 3) Padfic entente There has emerged a prospect for Japan to develop the friendly relations with China resulting from the condu5ion of Japan-Ch!rt:t Treaty into a tripartite polítical entente between three nations, Japan, the UniteJ States ánd China. While the Peking government currently intent on forming an antí-Soviet united front, w.a.nts to develop the rapprochement with Japan into a Pacific Entente, there i5 a advocacy for this option within the. U. S. leader5hip with a viewof countering the "Soviet menace". There seems to be a group of people in Japan. however 5m3l1 at the moment, espousing the idea of .a Pacific Entente, perceiving the "Soyiet menace"or Jreaming oE much íncreased mHi– tary capability oE Japan. 4) Japan-China allianee The ]apan-China Treaty has revived the trend of "Asianism" whi.:h was influential in prewar days in directing Japanese foreign poliey. Those pushing thís tr,end want to turn Japanese diplomacy in the direction of pIadng primary emphasis on the coUabor,a,tion with China, rather than with the United SMtes. It derives from an awareness oE Japan's regional identification with East Asia, emphasizing the diffe. rence of values in Asia from thoSé oE the wesrern world. The idea, however, that the Japan-China aIliance should take the place oE the Japan-U. S. aLliance represents the mínority view, which can be found among some business people and leftist people. 5) P¡¡dfic community Sorne espouse an idea of establishing the Pacific Economic Coromu– nity in which the nations f.acing the Pacific Ocean are to deyelop closer reIations in traJe anJ in economic deveIopment. This i5 ob– viousIy a move responding to the development oE EC, rep'resenting a kinJof regionalism. 60