IPEF launch sparks warnings over workers’ rights, corporate advantages

Civil society groups from around the world are reacting to the announcement of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework negotiations by warning leaders of the 13 countries involved that talks must be conducted transparently -- and any deal must advance workers’ interests. A host of groups in the proposed IPEF countries on Monday released a joint statement calling on the countries’ leaders to “advance a genuine alternative to the failed 20th century free trade model,” previewing possible opposition to their membership as the...