In a similar vein, Japan's current trading strategy could be emulated by many other countries. Its pacific principles and dependence on world mar kets and raw materials supplies have engendered greater economic cooper ation among other countries. At the same time, Japan's insistence on main taining a quasi-closed domestic economy and a foreign trade surplus cannot be successfully imitated by everyone; if some achieve the desired result others necessarily will not. In this respect Japan's recent practices and norms stand athwart progress and emulation by other nation