President Biden's new Indo-Pacific Order, IPEP, has been shown to have a "maximizing" effect in Japan's response to China.
The U.S.-Japan summit agreed on the 23rd that the U.S. would support Japan as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and that the U.S.-Japan system would directly operate in response to North Korea.
The US-Japan summit, in particular, agreed to hold the “2+2” economic edition by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Economy in July and announced that “Japan and the United States would promote cooperation in economic and security fields such as the development of cutting-edge semiconductors and in space”.
At a press conference for the U.S.-Japan summit, Prime Minister Kishida said, "I told President Biden that there was a need to reform the United Nations, including the Security Council, which has a great responsibility for peace and stability in the international community." They expressed their support for becoming a member of the Board of Directors.”
At the summit, the two countries announced that the United States and Japan would respond closely to China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo and North Korea's nuclear and missile issues in the East and South China Seas, etc. has been formalized
President Biden's IPEP, which was originally intended to respond to China's growing economic influence in Asia, focused on expanding Japan's influence in the region by excluding Taiwan from Japan and China's tariff cuts.
The Yomiuri Shimbun reported, “The IPEF does not include tariff cuts, so it has been pointed out that it is less favorable for ASEAN countries that are expecting the US market to open up.” Regarding the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), he said 'Taiwan will not be a founding member'", reported on the 23rd.
The China Global Times reported on the 23rd, citing a Chinese expert, that the IPEP "is an obstacle to Japan's strengthening of regional and international influence, so Japan will rely on the power of the United States to achieve its goal."
On the 23rd, President Yoon Seok-yeol said, “We must participate in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). If we omit from the process of making rules, it will cause a lot of damage to national interests. .
The Global Times said, "In the Asia-Pacific region, several regional cooperative systems coexist, and IPEF will not be able to replace existing cooperative systems such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)." It was created to fill a loophole, but this kind of plan is very exclusive and ideological, and goes against the rules of economic development and the trend of globalization," wrote Liu Jang-yul, a professor at Tsinghua University in the comments.
"From a strategic point of view, from a strategic point of view, Japan expects the United States to return to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)," said Prime Minister Kishida at a joint conference.
Japan exchanged the participation in IPEP requested by the United States in order to return to the CPTPP in the Pacific Rim led by Japan.