The US Department of Commerce has announced that Chinese-made electric vehicles would attract 100% import duty, on solar cells 50% and 25% on EV batteries, critical minerals, aluminium and steel.
IPEF members include India, Australia, the U.S., Japan, Fiji, Brunei, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand.
The main downside risk would be if the labour force participation rate does not increase, says Santanu Sengupta, Goldman Sachs Research's India economist.
Meta said that the company is "disappointed to be singled out when using the same legal mechanism as thousands of other companies looking to provide services in Europe."
The proposal is to leverage the complementary strengths of both countries and facilitate commercial opportunities and development of semiconductor innovation ecosystems.