House Ways & Means Democrats: IPEF requires congressional approval

A day after Senate Finance Committee members sent a letter to President Biden asserting that the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity required congressional approval, 12 Democrats on the House Ways & Means Committee quietly echoed their colleagues’ message just ahead of the first in-person IPEF negotiating round. House Ways & Means trade subcommittee Chair Earl Blumenauer (OR) led a Dec. 2 letter to Biden contending the administration was overstepping its authority by negotiating trade agreements, like IPEF, without seeking congressional...