President Biden ’s foreign policy is expected to take center stage during this week’s Sunday talk shows as Democratic tensions in Washington boil up over …
President Biden ’s foreign policy is expected to take center stage during this week’s Sunday talk shows as Democratic tensions in Washington boil up over immigration, Israel and other domestic issues. Biden is in the United Kingdom this weekend for the Group of Seven (G-7) summit, his first foreign trip as president. He met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a bilateral meeting ahead of the summit on Thursday. On Friday, he held an informal meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Johnson, Macron and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday. One of the administration’s focuses this week was on China. Biden pressed G-7 leaders to call out China’s forced labor practices during the summit Saturday in Cornwall, England. The G-7 leaders also unveiled the “Back Better World” initiative, a global infrastructure proposal meant to counter China’s “Belt and Road Initiative.” As Biden was pressing the G-7 on China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Chinese diplomats on Friday over a range of issues that have divided the two countries. In the call with diplomat Yang Jiechi, the two got into heated exchanges over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, democracy in Hong Kong, China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims and Taiwan.
