Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong participated in the first Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Ministerial meeting of 2024 today. During the virtual meeting, the IPEF Ministers[1] welcomed the conclusion of legal scrubbing and the publication of the three Agreements which were substantively concluded in November 2023, namely: (a) the Clean Economy Agreement; (b) Fair Economy Agreement; and (c) the Agreement on the IPEF. These texts are publicly available at www.ipef.gov.sg. IPEF Partners will now conduct their respective domestic processes to prepare for the signing of these Agreements.
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MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
14 MARCH 2024
[1] In addition to Singapore, the IPEF Partners are Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam.