Relaunching Transatlantic Trade Relations in Early Biden Presidency?
“America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back,” remarked President Joe Biden shortly after he took office. After inheriting the legacy of the Trump administration’s unilateral trade policy that led to transatlantic tensions, President Biden wants to re-engage the United States’ key allies, particularly the European Union, and re-commit to multilateralism. In mid-June this year, President Biden traveled to Brussels during his first overseas trip to participate in a US-EU Summit.
Irish-American: Biden's Heritage and Transatlantic Relations
On the night of November 7th as Joseph R. Biden Jr. officially won the United States presidential election, a clip from several years ago resurfaced to make its rounds on Twitter: the President-Elect can be seen passing throngs of press, with one voice overheard: “Sir, can you answer a few questions for the BBC?” to which Biden replies, with his signature grin: “The BBC? I’m Irish.”
Managed Trade: The Case of Beef in U.S.-China Trade
Last month, the United States and China signed an “Economic and Trade Agreement.” One noteworthy feature of the Agreement is that it has a chapter on “Expanding Trade.”