Fiji Joins US-Led IPEF, ‘Deepening’ Partnership in Contentious Pacific Islands

Fiji Joins US-Led IPEF, ‘Deepening’ Partnership in Contentious Pacific Islands
File photo: Fijis military ruler, Commodore Frank (Voreqe) Bainimarama. FILippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
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The island country of Fiji is joining the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), according to a Thursday White House statement.

Situated in the Pacific, a region that’s increasingly contentious in step with expanding Chinese influence, Fiji’s joining IPEF gives the Biden administration a diplomatic victory over Beijing.