USA-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for prosperity (IPEF) is an economic initiative to revive the unstable world economy. Analyze the significance of and challenges to IPEF in the present scenario.
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The recently launched IPEF is a US-led initiative to revive the unstable world economy.
It is an economic initiative:
It is based on 4 pillars:
a) Connectivity (Economy).
b) Resilient → Strengthening supply chains, Ending over-dependence.
c) Clean → Decarbonisation, greens economy.
d) Transparent → anti-corruption, greater flexibility in negotiations.
It is a 660-million dollar initiative in the Indo-Pacific, to complement US security partnerships, like QUAD and AUKUS.
It seeks to promote greater negotiations and avoiding debt traps for the developing world.
It also provides for higher standards for digital tools, such as cross-border data flows.
Challenges to IPEF:
It is being seen as a counter to China's BRI. Thus, there may be resistance from China.
US may try to impose its dominance. Asking nations to change their laws, tariffs etc.
Developing countries voice may be sidelined as, unjust in IMF, etc.
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