Biden Faces Hard Sell in Asia for Anti-China Digital Trade Pact
- Region’s economies wary of publicly lining up against Beijing
- U.S. playing catch-up with Beijing after Trump pulled back
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As the U.S. mulls a digital trade agreement to counter China, it faces a key problem: Many countries in Asia don’t want to join any deal seen as challenging Beijing, whose tech giants are deeply entrenched in the region.