The launch of a new economic framework involving countries in the Indo-Pacific region on Monday touts an intertwining domestic and foreign policies, strengthening of ties between participating countries, and recalibrating American domestic policy to put the American families front and center of a major economic…
TOKYO (Yomiuri Shimbun) — The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) was launched Monday, with the pact positioned as an alternative to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement as part of Washington’s efforts to counter China. Out of consideration for U.S. public opinion, IPEF stops short…
