USTR, facing transparency criticisms, releases summaries of early IPEF texts

Amid a flurry of calls from Congress for more insight into the developing Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative this week released summaries of texts in four areas of the IPEF trade pillar that the U.S. introduced late last year. USTR Katherine Tai touted the release in response to one of many questions she received about IPEF during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday. Many panel members expressed dismay over what they see...