Nascent Asia-Pacific digital initiative raises questions

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s discussions with her counterparts in the Asia-Pacific region about a possible worker-centric digital pact raise a host of questions about whether they can develop into more substantive negotiations and produce an agreement, sources and analysts tell Inside U.S. Trade. Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal this month have reported that the Biden administration is considering a digital deal to counter China. U.S. interest in digital accords in the Asia-Pacific is not new,...