US Counters China With Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity with other regional leaders via video link at the Izumi Garden Gallery in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is America’s way of “presenting Indo-Pacific countries an alternative to China’s approach,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, as reported by CNBC on May 25.