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“Certainly, it is a goal of President Biden to lift labour standards throughout the world and in different ways, and it’s something that will be part of IPEF and that we’ll get to, and I think Australia can be a great partner in that.” IPEF was initially dismissed as a half-hearted effort by Washington to address concerns it had neglected economic engagement with the region since it backed out of what is now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in 2016. Critics say the IPEF is a poor substitute for Washington rejoining the CPTPP as...
