U.S. must aim high with IPEF to maintain influence

Pacts that exclude Washington are reshaping supply chains and trade flows

Barbara Weisel

March 10, 2023 05:00 JST

U.S. President Joe Biden at the IPEF virtual launch event hosted from Tokyo in May 2022: Success will require Washington to move from rhetoric to substance. © Reuters

Barbara Weisel is a managing director of Rock Creek Global Advisors in Washington and a member of the advisory board of the American Association of the Indo-Pacific. She was previously the chief U.S. negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.