Negotiations on supply chain agreement under IPEF substantially concludes : Govt

DETROIT : The Commerce Ministry(MoCI)said,membersofthe 14-nation bloc IPEF have ‘substantially’ concluded the negotiations on the supply chains agreement, including improving logistics and connectivity; promoting investments in critical sectors and cooperation for mitigation of disruptions to ensure business continuity, on Sunday, 28th May. The IPEF was launched jointly by the US and other partner countries of the Indo-Pacific region on May 23 in Tokyo. The framework is structured around four pillars relating to trade, supplychains,cleaneconomyandfair economy (issues like tax and anticorruption). India has joined all the pillarsexceptthetradeone.

The talks on supply chains, clean economy and fair economy were held on May 27 in Detroit, US. Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal virtually participated in the ministerialmeeting.

“At this meeting, negotiations under the Supply Chains (Pillar-II) were substantially concluded; while good progress was reported under the otherIPEFPillars,”theMinistrysaid.

Theproposedagreementonsupply chains aims to increase the resilience, efficiency, productivity, sustainability, transparency, diversification, security, fairness and inclusivity of their supply chains through collaborative activities and individual actionstakenbyeachIPEFpartner.

IPEF partners will undertake the necessary steps, including further domestic consultations and a legal review, to prepare a final text of the proposed IPEF supply chain agreement.

Once finalised, the proposed agreement will be subject to IPEF partners’ domestic processes for signature, followed by ratification, acceptanceorapproval.

Under this pact, the partners also seek to improve crisis coordination and response to supply chain disruptions and work together to supportthetimelydeliveryofaffected goodsduringacrisis.

Apressstatementissuedafterthe meeting by IPEF members said that the proposed supply chain pact contemplates the establishment of three new IPEF Supply Chain bodies to facilitate cooperation among the partners.

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