Uniting ranks against the Chinese front: Biden and Macron will testify in the White House Israel today

Against the background of the war in Ukraine and its consequences for the global economy:

US President Joe Biden will host his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Washington, DC. The Biden-Macron summit is expected to be held less than three weeks after the meeting between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 conference in Indonesia. Biden and Macron intend to unite in the face of challenges in the international arena, chiefly the campaign in Eastern Europe that is approaching its tenth month and the concern over the various scenarios surrounding China, in talks that the two will hold in the Oval Office of the White House.

Also, Macron is expected to criticize the American administration on the issue of the climate crisis, and refer to the legislation of a number of initiatives which in the opinion of Paris play in favor of the US over other European countries. Upon his arrival last night (Wednesday), he attacked the subsidy policy of the American administration during a visit at the French Embassy Later, Macron will continue with a lunch with Vice President Kamala Harris (Thursday).

is expected to refer to the crisis.

The climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, November 2022, photo: E.

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In the evening, Biden will welcome Macron at the first official dinner since the Democratic president began his term in January 2021. The two countries have a number of common interests.

France is seen as a third party capable of holding talks with Moscow in the face of the open conflict between the two superpowers, Russia and the US.

"If you just look at the last year, France has been right at the center of almost every national security issue that matters to the American people and our allies," said John Kirby, the White House national security spokesman.

Referring to the West's policy towards the Asian giant, an American official involved in the visit admitted anonymously in a conversation with the Reuters news agency that "I think our views on China are not the same, there is an agreement that the two countries should talk to each other from a common script as a response to China."

will meet for lunch.

Vice President Kamala Harris, photo: AP

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