IPEF Lacks Leverage The U.S. will table actual text on some key issues at the soon to start next meeting of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) countries in Australia. Agriculture will be one of the areas covered but some in the U.S. industry are skeptical that there will be much tangible benefit to American farmers. The IPEF is chided for using the word “economic” but mostly being about issues without a tangible economic benefit to sectors like agriculture. Critics say that without the U.S. offering tariff concessions, other countries have little that they are willing to concede to American exporters.  Climate Import Barriers  A study by the EU’s Joint Research Centre envisions livestock population den...