The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative have announced that a U.S. delegation will travel to Bangkok, Thailand, from September 10-16 for the fifth negotiating round of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF).
In Bangkok, the IPEF partners will continue to make progress on negotiations towards high-standard outcomes under Pillars I (Trade), III (Clean Economy), and IV (Fair Economy).
The U.S. interagency delegation will be co-led by Sharon H. Yuan, U.S. Department of Commerce Counselor and Chief Negotiator for Pillars II-IV, and Sarah Ellerman, IPEF Pillar I Chief Negotiator and Assistant United States Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
The first negotiating round was held in Brisbane, Australia, from December 10-12, 2022, followed by a special negotiating round on Pillars II-IV in New Delhi, India, from February 8-11, 2023.
The second negotiating round was held in Bali, Indonesia, from March 13-19, 2023, followed by the third negotiating round in Singapore from May 8-15, 2023.
On May 27, the IPEF partners met in Detroit, Michigan for a ministerial meeting, during which they acknowledged the progress made in Pillars I (Trade), III (Clean Economy) and IV (Fair Economy) and announced the substantial conclusion of negotiations on a landmark IPEF Supply Chain Agreement under Pillar II.
The fourth negotiating round was held in Busan, South Korea, from July 9-15, 2023.
For more information on IPEF, please visit https://www.commerce.gov/ipef.
Commerce and USTR will be holding two stakeholder listening sessions opportunities inconjunction with the upcoming round.
A virtual stakeholder listening session is planned for August 24 beginning at 9 am.
Registration is available here: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsfumurTssHDyMiZXXN1VqvD959_fHR6I
There also will be an in-person stakeholder listening session on September 14 in Bangkok while the round is being held. The session will begin at 9 am Bangkok time at the Shangri-La Hotel.
Registration of all participants must be confirmed via the following three email addresses: ipefbkk.registration@mfa.go.th ; IPEF@ustr.eop.gov ; uscommerceipef@trade.gov . In the email subject line, please note “Bangkok In-Person Listening Session.”
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