Trump comeback threatens to scuttle IPEF in its infancy

Economic framework's supply chain agreement goes into effect Saturday

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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to scrap the framework should he return to the White House. © Reuters

ANNA NISHINO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The supply chain agreement under the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) goes into effect Saturday, but former U.S. President Donald Trump's potential return to the White House threatens to paralyze the 14-member pact just as it is starting to get off the ground.

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