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IPEF members agree to create 'facility-specific' labor compliance tool 

May 27, 2023 at 6:36 PM
DETROIT – Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity members on Saturday said they had agreed to create a mechanism for addressing “facility-specific” worker-rights violations as part of a broader agreement on supply chains. Details about how facility-specific mechanism will work – and when it might be finalized – remained scant following days of negotiations during which IPEF members discussed how to ensure compliance with labor standards under the developing framework, sources told Inside U.S. Trade . The mechanism will be created...


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