This could be a watershed week for New Zealand’s international relations. Winston Peters, the foreign minister, is heading to Washington, D.C., for a full week of meetings. The surprisingly lengthy trip just happens to coincide with a major trilateral summit of leaders from the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. And a media report over … Read more
For the United States, the November meeting of APEC was widely seen as an opportunity to demonstrate its leadership and long-term commitment to the organization and the Asia-Pacific region. It was expected that a key part of this would be the announcement of substantial agreement and progress on the Indo-Pacific Economic Partnership for Prosperity (IPEF). … Read more
November 14 was a pivotal moment in the annals of Indo-Pacific geopolitics, as leaders from 14 nations came together to endorse the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)’s Supply Chain Agreement. This U.S. initiative is the bedrock of an ambitious initiative that seeks to transcend the traditional boundaries of trade and supply chain resilience to embrace clean … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden is nurturing economic ties this week with Asia, but he is not signing any trade deals at a regional summit in San Francisco. This fact – no trade deals – reveals much about the status of U.S. politics, the evolving global economy and the Biden administration’s ambitions. U.S. negotiators say they … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get China-U.S. communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year. Biden said Tuesday shortly before departing for San Francisco to meet Xi and attend this year’s Asia-Pacific … Read more
The United States is hosting the annual APEC summit of world leaders this week for the first time since 2011. Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group will gather in San Francisco to talk about how to better spur trade and economic growth across the Pacific region. But the main summit event will actually … Read more
Magazine The upcoming APEC summit in San Francisco will be a visible culmination of the work that has gone into making economic engagement the leading edge of diplomacy. Credit: The DiplomatAdvertisement The Biden administration has been making every effort to demonstrate its commitment both to the Indo-Pacific region in general and to its economic statecraft … Read more
From left: U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) launch in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 2022. Credit: Official White House photo Advertisement With the U.S. debt ceiling deal dominating headlines, a less eye-catching development might easily be overlooked. A year … Read more
Advertisement On May 31, a press release from the U.S. embassy in Indonesia said that the 14 members of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) “announced the substantial conclusion of the negotiations” of an IPEF Supply Chain Agreement. The negotiations took place at the IPEF Ministerial Meeting in Detroit, Michigan. The agreement, touted as … Read more
Advertisement On April 27, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivered a policy speech on “renewing American economic leadership.” It was, in Sullivan’s words, an attempt to explain the Biden administration’s “broader international economic policy, particularly as it relates to President Biden’s core commitment… to more deeply integrate domestic policy and foreign policy.” States always … Read more