Senators urge enforceable provisions, market-access commitments in IPEF

The Biden administration should pursue enforceable labor provisions as a part of its developing Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the head of the Senate Finance Committee said on Tuesday, while other lawmakers and analysts lamented the administration’s decision to exclude market-access commitments from the emerging initiative. The framework, announced last year by President Biden, will include a “fair and resilient trade” module led by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as well as pillars steered by the Commerce Department on supply...