IPEF’s supply chain resilience pact

IPEF’s supply chain resilience pact mind map
  Why in News
    India
    US
    12 other members
      Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
    Signed
      Supply chain resilience agreement
    Goal
      Reduce dependence on China
      Shift critical sectors
      Shift production of key goods
      To member countries
    Location of signing
      San Francisco
    Participants
      Commerce and industry minister
      Piyush Goyal
      IPEF ministerial meeting
  About
    Launch
      2022
    by United States
    New Asia-Pacific trade initiative
    Name
      Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
    Composition
      14 countries
        Australia
        Brunei
        India
        Indonesia
        Japan
        Republic of Korea
        Malaysia
        New Zealand
        Philippines
        Singapore
        Thailand
        Vietnam
        Fiji
        United States
      Global GDP
        Account for 40 percent
      Potential new members
        Countries that could join
  What would IPEF do
    Nature
      Not an agreement
      Not a trade bloc
      A framework
    Traditional trade blocs comparison
      No tariff negotiations
      No market access easing
    Programme vision
      Integrate partners
      Agreed standards
      Key pillars
        Fair and resilient trade
        Supply chain resiliency
        Clean energy decarbonisation
        Tax and anti-corruption
      Goal
        Ensure regulatory coherence
        Make market access contingent
          Realisation of regulatory standards
      Future vision
        Framework for tight-knit trading nations
    Structure
      Four pillars
        Trade
          Pillar I
        Supply Chains
          Pillar II
        Clean Economy
          Pillar III
        Fair Economy
          Pillar IV
    India's participation
      Joined Pillars II to IV
      Observer status
        Pillar I
  Significance
    Part of
      US "Pivot to Asia" programme
        Over a decade old
    Re-imagines Indo-Pacific
      Geographic construct
      Includes America
    Quad grouping
      India
      Australia
      Japan
      US
    Offer to US allies
      Alternative to China’s commercial presence
      Asia-Pacific region
    Nature of IPEF
      Non-specific
      Flexible
    Suits India
      Strong views
        Labour standards
        Environmental restrictions
          Fossil fuels
        Data localisation
    Geopolitical aspect
      Counter China's trade control
        Asian region

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