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Biden Aims to Bolster U.S. Alliances in Europe, but Challenges Loom - The New York Times

Biden Aims to Bolster U.S. Alliances in Europe, but Challenges Loom - The New York Times

Biden Aims to Bolster U.S. Alliances in Europe, but Challenges Loom - The New York Times
Jun 09, 2021 3 mins, 2 secs

The good will President Biden brings on his first trip abroad papers over lingering doubts about U.S.

WASHINGTON — It should not be that hard to be an American leader visiting Europe for the first time after President Donald J.

But President Biden will face his own challenges when he departs on Wednesday, especially as the United States confronts a disruptive Russia and a rising China while trying to reassemble and rally the shaken Western alliance as it emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.

On the agenda are meetings in Britain with leaders of the Group of 7 nations, followed by visits to NATO and the European Union.

Will Europe bear the cost of what increasingly looks like a new Cold War with Russia?

Those questions will loom as he deals with disagreements over trade, new restrictions on investing in and buying from China and his ever-evolving stance on a natural gas pipeline that will route directly from Russia to Europe, bypassing Ukraine.

Biden will face European leaders who are wary of the United States in a way they have not been since 1945 and are wondering where it is headed.

European officials are following the raging political arguments in the United States, and they note that Mr.

“There’s an anxiety about American politics,” said Ian Lesser, a vice president at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

If the future of the United States is the long-term concern, how to manage a disruptive Russia is the immediate agenda.

“Putin doesn’t necessarily want a more stable or predictable relationship,” said Alexander Vershbow, who was an ambassador to Russia under President George W.

“The best case one can hope for is that the two leaders will argue about a lot of things but continue the dialogue.”.

White House officials say the president has no intention of trying to reset the relationship with Russia.

Putin recently called a new Cold War with the United States, the weapons of choice are cyberweapons, ransomware wielded by gangs operating from Russian territory and the ability to shake neighbors like Ukraine by massing troops on the border?

president to criticize a Russian president who is leading a country that is actively hostile to the United States in so many areas.

Biden’s aides said they felt blindsided last year when the European Union announced an investment agreement with China days before Mr.

It was a reflection of fears that if the continent got sucked into the U.S.-China rivalry, European companies would bear the brunt, starting with the luxury auto industry in Germany.

Biden is going the other way: Last week he signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in Chinese companies that are linked to the country’s military or ones that sell surveillance technology used to repress dissent or religious minorities, both inside and outside China.

Trump’s first G7 meeting, six world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris climate accord while the United States declared it was “not in a position to join the consensus.”.

emissions 50 percent to 52 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade and writing in an op-ed in The Washington Post before the summit that with the United States back at the table, countries “have an opportunity to deliver ambitious progress.”.

But world leaders said they remained wary of the United States’ willingness to enact serious legislation to tackle its emissions and deliver on financial promises to poorer countries

Key to reaching ambitious climate goals is China, which emits more than the United States, Europe and Japan combined

Peter Betts, the former lead climate negotiator for Britain and the European Union, said the test for Mr

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