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Foreign policy isn’t a hot topic that will decide the outcome on November 3, but if Joe Biden wins, it could be the area where the most immediate impact is felt. Here’s how: https://www.ft.com/content/dc11d51e-71bb-46ac-9dfb-6e2b5f43b452
Here’s how Joe Biden plans to handle some of Donald Trump’s key foreign policy decisions:
Rejoin the Paris climate change agreement
Rejoin the WHO
Rejoin the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran comes into compliance
Adopt cooler relations with Saudi Arabia
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Rejoin the Paris climate change agreementRejoin the WHORejoin the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran comes into complianceAdopt cooler relations with Saudi Arabiahttps://www.ft.com/content/dc11d51e-71bb-46ac-9dfb-6e2b5f43b452
Joe Biden would also maintain some of Trump's policies, such as:
Keeping the US embassy in Jerusalem
Endorsing the normalisation of ties between Israel and Gulf states
Continue drawing down US troops in Afghanistan and the Middle East
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Keeping the US embassy in JerusalemEndorsing the normalisation of ties between Israel and Gulf statesContinue drawing down US troops in Afghanistan and the Middle Easthttps://www.ft.com/content/dc11d51e-71bb-46ac-9dfb-6e2b5f43b452
Unlike Donald Trump, Joe Biden has decades of foreign policy experience. Europe is a particular area of focus and he could be more committed to the continent than Barack Obama was https://www.ft.com/content/dc11d51e-71bb-46ac-9dfb-6e2b5f43b452
But even if a Biden administration adopts a markedly different tone to Donald Trump’s, some US allies aren’t convinced that it will lead to much change, especially regarding Russia and Iran — where the US and Europe are less aligned https://www.ft.com/content/dc11d51e-71bb-46ac-9dfb-6e2b5f43b45
One of the lasting impacts of Donald Trump’s term could be the rise of American ‘informal diplomacy’ over international treaties, which future administrations could always break.
Read about what other foreign policy challenges Joe Biden would face: https://www.ft.com/content/dc11d51e-71bb-46ac-9dfb-6e2b5f43b452
Read about what other foreign policy challenges Joe Biden would face: https://www.ft.com/content/dc11d51e-71bb-46ac-9dfb-6e2b5f43b452
