IPEF countries ‘substantially’ conclude negotiations on supply chains

DETROIT -- Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity countries have “substantially concluded” negotiations on the IPEF pillar covering supply chains, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Saturday. Raimondo, who leads the talks on the supply chain pillar, said the 14 IPEF partners had “for the first time ever” forged an “international agreement on supply chains and recognizing for the first time ever that workers and labor rights are a core component of what it means to have global resilient supply chains.”...