{"id":186443,"date":"2022-05-25T20:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=186443"},"modified":"2022-05-25T20:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:07:56","slug":"opinion-how-the-quad-can-become-more-than-an-anti-china-grouping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/opinion-how-the-quad-can-become-more-than-an-anti-china-grouping\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: How the Quad can become more than an anti-China grouping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News<\/strong>; Recently, the United States launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) <\/strong>before the Quad leaders\u2019 summit in Tokyo<\/p>\n

About the IPEF<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The US-led economic engagement which will promote fair trade, supply chain resilience, infrastructure, clean energy<\/strong>, and decarbonisation<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n

It comprises a diverse group of 12 countries<\/strong> initially \u2014 Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Importance of IPEF<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This is a salient attempt to allow countries to decouple from Chinese over-dependence <\/strong>This is aimed to re-establish the US by strengthening the existing free<\/strong> and open rules-based global order<\/strong>, which is being threatened by China.<\/p>\n

It complements the \u201cQuad Plus\u201d process. It brings together seven critical countries<\/strong> of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN<\/strong>), all Quad states<\/strong>, and dialogue partners<\/strong>, including South Korea<\/strong>. \u00a0Thus, both QUAD and IPEF build a comprehensive and integrated approach to combat shared challenges arising out of Chinese.<\/p>\n

The US and India, two of the largest economies of the world, are not a part of the China-led or ASEAN-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)<\/strong> or the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)<\/strong> in which China has applied.<\/p>\n

The grouping potentially represents an amalgamation of the eastern<\/strong> and western \u201clike-minded\u201d countries.<\/strong> It comprises developing<\/strong> and developed economies<\/strong> as well as middle<\/strong> and major powers<\/strong> that are committed to maintaining an inclusive<\/strong>, rules-based and<\/strong> liberal institutional order.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a broad, all-embracing, and comprehensive framework<\/strong> that can stand as a pillar for regional security<\/strong> and stability<\/strong>, multilateralism<\/strong>, and defence of global institutionalism<\/strong> and the status quo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A stronger regional economic framework<\/strong> promotes a resilient and secured supply-chain across the region and the world.<\/p>\n

It is likely to complement the other Indo-Pacific projects<\/strong> like the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative. <\/strong>The initiative also seeks to build resilient and secure trade linkages by reducing dependence on China.<\/p>\n

What is the response of China? <\/strong><\/h5>\n

The inclusivity angle<\/strong> is questioned by China because China calls the grouping a US-led \u201canti-China\u201d tool<\/strong> and a reflection of a broader democratic coalition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Way Forward<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Chinese narratives about the Quad such as an \u201canti-China tool<\/strong>\u201d, \u201csea foam<\/strong>\u201d to \u201cAsian\u00a0NATO<\/strong>\u201d have only served to coalesce the Quad states and inclusion of more states (plus format) and agenda (security).<\/p>\n

The Quad Plus<\/strong> should take this process forward<\/strong> and strengthen cooperation<\/strong> on critical topics in the Quad\u2019s agend<\/strong>a (for instance, security, critical technology, global health, climate<\/p>\n

South Korea also embraced the Indo-Pacific framework<\/strong>. In fact, it is keen to participate in the Quad process for a long. For example, During the Covid-19 crisis, South Korea (along with New Zealand and Vietnam) had joined the so-called Quad Plus<\/strong> meetings to coordinate actions to stem the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Taiwan<\/strong> plays a critical role in the global semi-conductor supply chain network<\/strong>. It is a major economy in the Indo-Pacific region and also an active member of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)<\/strong>. Therefore, Taiwan should be included in the grouping. Its inclusion would also be a geopolitical statement<\/strong> against coercion tactics<\/strong> by international actors.<\/p>\n

A \u201ccorridor of communication\u201d<\/strong> should be created which can lead to a \u201ccontinental connect\u201d<\/strong> to strengthen a rules-based order.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article \u201cHow the QUAD can become more than an anti-China grouping<\/strong>\u201d published in the Indian Express<\/strong> on 25th<\/sup> May 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News; Recently, the United States launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) before the Quad leaders\u2019 summit in Tokyo About the IPEF The US-led economic engagement which will promote fair trade, supply chain resilience, infrastructure, clean energy, and decarbonisation, among others. It comprises a diverse group of 12 countries initially \u2014 Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan,… Continue reading Opinion: How the Quad can become more than an anti-China grouping<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-186443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}