According to a release from the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the U.S. will Participate in the sixth Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) negotiating round in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15 to 24 October 2023. Negotiations for the IPEF were first launched in May 2022 with 14 initial partners, including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam. As previously reported, the IPEF focuses on four main pillars: Trade (Connected Economy) Supply Chains (Resilient Economy) Clean Energy, Decarbonization, and Infrastructure (Clean Economy); and Tax and...