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PM. Joe may not have the constitutional authority (and the smarts) to negotiate these trading relationships.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comment/Biden-s-Indo-Pacific-power-play-stymied-by-lack-of-trade-authority

Without the fast-track trade negotiating ability, U.S. President Joe Biden does not have much leverage to entice Indo-Pacific nations away from China. © Reuters
YASU OTA, Nikkei columnistApril 3, 2022 23:16 JST

TOKYO -- The U.S. is seeking to reassert itself in the Indo-Pacific by forming a new economic framework as a bulwark against a rising China. But President Joe Biden currently lacks a powerful trade negotiating tool that can make this vision a reality.


Taiwan wants to participate. (For good reason.)


https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/Taiwan-wants-to-be-full-member-of-U.S.-Indo-Pacific-Economic-Framework

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- A senior Taiwanese minister called on Wednesday for the island to be made a "full member" of the United States' forthcoming Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, saying Taipei was a reliable partner and crucial part of the global supply chain.

Washington vowed last month to commit more diplomatic and security resources to the Indo-Pacific to push back against what its sees as China's bid to create a regional sphere of influence and become the world's most influential power.

The 12-page strategy overview reiterated U.S. plans to launch an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in early 2022, an initiative the administration hopes will at least partially fill a big gap in engagement with the region since 2017 when then- President Donald Trump quit a multinational trade framework.

Speaking to an online event organised by the Brookings Institution, a U.S. think-tank, Taiwan's chief trade negotiator John Deng said democratically governed Taiwan was a dependable and stable partner both politically and economically.

"Taiwan is very willing to support the U.S. Indo-Pacific Economic Framework," he said.

"I would like to urge the U.S. government, and I hope all the audience participating in the seminar today can help us convey this message to the U.S. government, that Taiwan would like to be a full member of this framework."

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