Lawmakers: Administration ‘suspending’ IPEF talks on digital trade issues

The Biden administration is “suspending negotiations” on key digital trade rules in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, a group of progressive lawmakers said on Tuesday, lauding the shift and urging the development of new provisions focused on workers. In a letter to President Biden led by Senate Finance Committee member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), along with five senators and seven House members, praise the administration for “suspending negotiations on aspects of the IPEF digital text...