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On May 23, US President Joe Biden gathered with leaders of seven Asean countries, Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand in Japan to announce the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). Two weeks later, on June 6, the Biden administration announced 24-month duty-free access to solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. This was following a complaint by a US-based solar company that solar products that were manufactured in China were using these four countries to circumvent existing anti-dumping and countervailing duties that had been imposed by the US on China. The duty-free access to solar components for an economic sector which is important to the Biden administration clean energy points the way forward for future IPEF-related initiatives. Countries in Southeast Asia which are part of IPEF can benefit from taking a proactive and strategic approach to reap the full benefits in negotiations and interactions with the Biden adm ....
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