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Interacting with media on the sidelines of the assembly, he mentioned that there have been helpful engagements with the 14 members of the IPEF and the officers from member nations had labored exhausting to arrange a floor for such fruitful interactions.
He expressed hope that in a day’s time, IPEF would finalize a framework inside which member nations might work together on totally different areas of mutual curiosity.
The minister assured that “India will take selections on totally different facets of the frameworks of IPEF based mostly on our nationwide curiosity”.
The IPEF was launched collectively by the US and different accomplice international locations of the Indo-Pacific area on Might 23 in Tokyo.
It seeks to strengthen financial partnership amongst collaborating international locations with the target of enhancing resilience, sustainability, inclusiveness, financial development, equity and competitiveness within the area.
The 14 members of the IPEF are — Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the US.
The framework is structured round 4 pillars referring to Commerce (Pillar I); Provide Chains (Pillar II); Clear Economic system (Pillar III); and Truthful Economic system (Pillar IV).