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      U.S. President Joe Biden watches as U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks outside the White House on May 17, 2022.

      400+ Groups Urge Biden to Fight for Indo-Pacific Trade Deal That Benefits Workers and Planet

      The coalition urged the U.S. to ensure the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework "prioritizes working people, combats global climate change, and reins in Big Tech abuses."

      Kenny Stancil
      Mar 02, 2023

      A coalition of 403 progressive advocacy groups on Thursday outlined conditions they say must be met for a pending Indo-Pacific trade pact to achieve important labor and environmental objectives and urged the White House to promote them during upcoming negotiations.

      "As organizations whose constituencies continue to experience the harm caused by past corporate-centered trade agreements, we have a strong desire to work with your administration to advance goals you have described for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)—particularly in terms of a long overdue shift in direction for U.S. trade policy that finally places working people and climate action at the center," the coalition wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden.

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