Raimondo: IPEF will help U.S. allies be less vulnerable to China

The Indo-Pacific Framework the Biden administration hopes to launch this spring will strengthen U.S. relationships in the region, shore up supply chains and ultimately make U.S. allies less vulnerable to Chinese economic coercion, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday. Economic coercion was one of the topics Raimondo and Australian Trade Secretary Dan Tehan discussed during the inaugural U.S.-Australian Strategic Commercial Dialogue on Wednesday. “The Secretary and Minister agreed that economic coercion and non-market policies and practices threaten the livelihoods of...