President Biden’s speech at the U.N. was a stark contrast to President Donald J. Trump’s. But it came amid complaints that some of Mr. Biden’s policy moves echoed his predecessor’s approach.
United States President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron spoke on the telephone for half an hour on Wednesday in a bid to repair some of the damage done to relations between the countries over the US establishment of the AUKUS defense pact with Australia and the United Kingdom.
UNITED NATIONS The top diplomats of France and the United States said Thursday that repairing ties will take time as Paris demanded action to assuage its anger over the cancellation of a massive submarine contract.
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and US President Joe Biden (AFP/File)
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