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Former AUSTR Beeman: IPEF trade talks can only move so fast
STANFORD, CA – The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity trade pillar has a “limit” on how fast it can be steered through the steps needed to reach a deal, former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Michael Beeman said this week, as IPEF partners prepare for a key meeting in Detroit. Beeman, who left USTR in January, is a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. During his six years as...