Biden Offers Transatlantic Embrace to EU’s Already Open Arms
- President-elect to consult with allies on matters like trade
- EU proposes strategy for re-uniting to counter China, Russia
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A transatlantic alliance fractured by Donald Trump’s unilateral trade policies appeared headed for repair as both President-elect Joe Biden and Europe signaled an urgency to rejoin a united front against China’s ascendancy in the global economy.
“The best China strategy, I think, is one which gets every one of our -- or at least what used to be our -- allies on the same page,” Biden told New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. “It’s going to be a major priority for me in the opening weeks of my presidency to try to get us back on the same page with our allies.”