Unions, civil society groups: IPEF countries must commit – first – to labor changes

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity countries must commit to stronger labor laws and climate provisions before the agreement is finalized, a broad array of labor unions and civil society groups told the president this week. In a letter to President Biden on Thursday, the unions and other groups insisted that IPEF partners “be required to make the changes to their labor laws necessary to align them with their new IPEF obligations before the pact is signed by the United States.”...