Indo-Pacific: Taiwan not included in trade pactAP, TOKYOUS President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a list of nations today who would be joining a long anticipated Indo-Pacific region trade pact, but Taiwan will not be among them. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that Taiwan is not among the governments included in the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a trade pact that is meant to allow the US to work more closely with key Asian economies on issues including supply chains, digital trade, clean energy and anticorruption efforts. The US president is scheduled to highlight the launch of the framework as he meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida today. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a daily press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Beijing has criticized the US effort to form the trade pact.
