Chamber rep: Digital deal should be ‘front and center’ in Indo-Pacific framework

The U.S. should place a digital economy agreement at the heart of its developing Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Charles Freeman, the senior vice president for Asia at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said on Tuesday. The Biden administration in October announced plans for a new framework to focus in part on the digital economy as well as supply chains, workers’ rights and sustainability. The White House in recent months also has held interagency conversations about a regional digital economy agreement and...