ASEAN secretary-general ‘hopeful’ all members eventually will join IPEF

The secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hopes all ASEAN countries one day will be part of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, he said on Monday. “It's important that we discuss each issue openly, understand the issue and hopefully one day our other partners in ASEAN will be part of the IPEF,” Lim Jock Hoi said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event . Lim said ASEAN was “very grateful” that seven ASEAN members were...