U.S. to host IPEF negotiating round in San Francisco ahead of APEC summit

The U.S. will host the seventh Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity negotiating round this month in San Francisco, CA, beginning on Nov. 5 and ending as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit begins, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on Wednesday. IPEF members have long eyed this month’s APEC summit as a potential finish line for the negotiations. Accordingly, ahead of the APEC summit they will “continue to make progress on negotiations towards high-standard outcomes under Pillars I...