Blinken: U.S. confident more countries will seek to join IPEF as it develops

Pleased by the initial reaction to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, the U.S. is confident other countries will seek to join it as it develops, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday in Cambodia. In Phnom Penh for a U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations ministerial and two other forums, Blinken told reporters that IPEF was receiving positive reactions from participating countries and remained open to others. “With regard to trade, we put forward, as you know, the Indo-Pacific...