Sen. Brown: IPEF trade pillar should be dropped due to lack of labor standards

The Biden administration should drop the trade pillar from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, Senate Finance Committee member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) demanded on Thursday, decrying a lack of enforceable labor standards. “As the administration works to finalize the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, they should not include the trade pillar,” Brown said in a brief statement that calls for the “entire trade pillar” to be excised. “Any trade deal that does not include enforceable labor standards is unacceptable,” he added. “That...