Every four years, the world watches the US election

Donald Trump won in 2016 – now he’s in a close race with Joe Biden

Whoever wins will shape America’s foreign policy and the global economy

So what has changed since 2016?

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President Trump has repeatedly declared the US "the greatest country in the world"

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Donald Trump announced the US would quit the Paris climate deal

America’s exit takes effect on 4 November, the day after the election

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The number of immigrants living in the US has continued to rise under Trump

But he also banned travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries

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Trump promised he would end America& #39;s “endless wars” in the Middle East

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Biden welcomed President Trump& #39;s agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates

But he is unlikely to adopt the Trump administration& #39;s policies towards the occupied West Bank

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On his first day in office, Trump dumped the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade deal approved by President Obama

He then entered a bitter trade war with China

The nations imposed hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes on each other& #39;s goods

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Trump pulled the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran

Joe Biden says he& #39;s prepared to rejoin the international accord

The deal gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for scaling down its nuclear programme

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In January, the US assassinated Qasem Suleimani, Iran& #39;s most powerful general

Iran retaliated, and more than 100 US troops were injured

176 civilians also died when Iran’s military mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet

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Will their policies abroad impact next Tuesday’s election?

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