IPEF Trade Pillar Stalled, Congress Questions Role in Executive Agreements

After 2+ years of talks, IPEF partners have concluded supply-chain, clean-energy, and fair-economy agreements but remain deadlocked on the trade pillar due to disputes over digital-economy and labor provisions. Congress faces questions over executive-agreement authority and whether IPEF's lack of tariff commitments undermines its effectiveness versus rival regional deals like CPTPP and RCEP.