{"id":1998,"date":"2022-11-29T10:04:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T10:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:40:41","slug":"biden-macron-ready-to-talk-ukraine-trade-in-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/biden-macron-ready-to-talk-ukraine-trade-in-state-visit\/2022\/11\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Macron ready to talk Ukraine, trade in state visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON<\/span> (AP)<\/span> November, 29—<\/span> French<\/span> President<\/span> Emmanuel<\/span> Macron<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> Washington<\/span> for<\/span> President<\/span> Joe<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> first<\/span> official<\/span> visit.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Biden<\/span> and<\/span> Macron’s<\/span> relationship<\/span> got<\/span> off<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> rocky<\/span> start.<\/span> After<\/span> the<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> announced<\/span> a<\/span> deal<\/span> to<\/span> sell<\/span> nuclear<\/span> submarines<\/span> to<\/span> Australia<\/span> last<\/span> year,<\/span> President<\/span> Macron<\/span> briefly<\/span> recalled<\/span> France’s<\/span> ambassador<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>But<\/span> relations<\/span> have<\/span> changed<\/span> as<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Macron<\/span> has<\/span> emerged<\/span> as<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> Mr<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> most<\/span> progressive<\/span> European<\/span> allies<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Western<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span> It<\/span> will<\/span> include<\/span> a<\/span> lavish<\/span> dinner<\/span> and<\/span> press<\/span> conference<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span> will<\/span> take<\/span> place<\/span> at<\/span> an<\/span> important<\/span> time<\/span> for<\/span> both<\/span> leaders.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> leaders<\/span> have<\/span> a<\/span> long<\/span> agenda<\/span> for<\/span> their<\/span> Thursday<\/span> meeting<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> White<\/span> House,<\/span> including<\/span> Iran’s<\/span> nuclear<\/span> program,<\/span> China’s<\/span> increasing<\/span> assertiveness<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Indo-Pacific<\/span> and<\/span> growing<\/span> concerns<\/span> about<\/span> security<\/span> and<\/span> stability<\/span> in<\/span> Africa’s<\/span> Sahel<\/span> region,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> U.S.<\/span> and<\/span> French<\/span> officials.<\/span> But<\/span> front<\/span> and<\/span> center<\/span> during<\/span> their<\/span> Oval<\/span> Office<\/span> meeting<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> war<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> as<\/span> both<\/span> Biden<\/span> and<\/span> Macron<\/span> work<\/span> to<\/span> maintain<\/span> economic<\/span> and<\/span> military<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> as<\/span> it<\/span> tries<\/span> to<\/span> repel<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> Washington,<\/span> Republicans<\/span> are<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> take<\/span> control<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> House,<\/span> where<\/span> GOP<\/span> leader<\/span> Kevin<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> says<\/span> Republicans<\/span> will<\/span> not<\/span> write<\/span> a<\/span> \u201cblank<\/span> check\u201d<\/span> for<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span> Across<\/span> the<\/span> Atlantic,<\/span> Macron’s<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> keep<\/span> Europe<\/span> united<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> tested<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> mounting<\/span> costs<\/span> of<\/span> supporting<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> nine-month<\/span> war<\/span> and<\/span> as<\/span> Europe<\/span> battles<\/span> rising<\/span> energy<\/span> prices<\/span> that<\/span> threaten<\/span> to<\/span> derail<\/span> the<\/span> post-pandemic<\/span> economic<\/span> recovery.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>White<\/span> House<\/span> National<\/span> Security<\/span> Council<\/span> spokesman<\/span> John<\/span> Kirby<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> described<\/span> Macron<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> \u201cdynamic<\/span> leader\u201d<\/span> of<\/span> America’s<\/span> oldest<\/span> ally<\/span> while<\/span> explaining<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> honor<\/span> the<\/span> French<\/span> president<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> state<\/span> visit<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> presidency.<\/span> The<\/span> U.S.<\/span> tradition<\/span> of<\/span> honoring<\/span> foreign<\/span> heads<\/span> of<\/span> state<\/span> can<\/span> be<\/span> traced<\/span> back<\/span> to<\/span> Ulysses<\/span> S.<\/span> Grant,<\/span> who<\/span> invited<\/span> King<\/span> David<\/span> Kalakaua<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Kingdom<\/span> of<\/span> Hawaii<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> 20-plus<\/span> course<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> dinner,<\/span> but<\/span> COVID-19<\/span> muses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“If<\/span> you<\/span> look<\/span> at<\/span> what’s<\/span> happening<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> what’s<\/span> happening<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Indo-Pacific,<\/span> the<\/span> tensions<\/span> with<\/span> China,<\/span> France<\/span> is<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> center<\/span> of<\/span> all<\/span> this,”<\/span> Kirby<\/span> said.<\/span> “So<\/span> the<\/span> president<\/span> felt<\/span> this<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> and<\/span> most<\/span> appropriate<\/span> country<\/span> to<\/span> launch<\/span> a<\/span> state<\/span> visit.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Macron<\/span> was<\/span> also<\/span> named<\/span> by<\/span> Republican<\/span> Donald<\/span> Trump<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> foreign<\/span> leader<\/span> to<\/span> make<\/span> a<\/span> state<\/span> visit<\/span> during<\/span> his<\/span> tenure.<\/span> Official<\/span> visits<\/span> in<\/span> 2018<\/span> included<\/span> trips<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> two<\/span> heads<\/span> of<\/span> state<\/span> to<\/span> Mount<\/span> Vernon,<\/span> Virginia’s<\/span> home<\/span> of<\/span> America’s<\/span> first<\/span> president,<\/span> George<\/span> Washington.<\/span> Macron<\/span> is<\/span> expected<\/span> to<\/span> arrive<\/span> in<\/span> Washington<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> night<\/span> before<\/span> meetings<\/span> and<\/span> attendance<\/span> in<\/span> and<\/span> around<\/span> Washington<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> including<\/span> a<\/span> visit<\/span> to<\/span> NASA<\/span> headquarters<\/span> with<\/span> Vice<\/span> President<\/span> Kamala<\/span> Harris<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> meeting<\/span> with<\/span> senior<\/span> Biden<\/span> administration<\/span> officials<\/span> on<\/span> nuclear<\/span> energy.<\/span> was.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>On<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> Macron<\/span> will<\/span> hold<\/span> an<\/span> informal<\/span> meeting<\/span> with<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Biden,<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> joint<\/span> press<\/span> conference,<\/span> visits<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> State<\/span> Department<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Capitol,<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> state<\/span> dinner<\/span> to<\/span> celebrate<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Macron<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> wife,<\/span> Brigitte<\/span> Macron.<\/span> is.<\/span> Entertainment<\/span> is<\/span> provided<\/span> by<\/span> Grammy<\/span> Award<\/span> winner<\/span> John<\/span> Baptiste.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>French<\/span> officials<\/span> say<\/span> Macron<\/span> will<\/span> travel<\/span> to<\/span> New<\/span> Orleans<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> to<\/span> announce<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> expand<\/span> programs<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> teach<\/span> French<\/span> in<\/span> U.S.<\/span> schools.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Despite<\/span> all<\/span> this,<\/span> there<\/span> are<\/span> still<\/span> areas<\/span> of<\/span> tension<\/span> in<\/span> US-France<\/span> relations.<\/span> Mr.<\/span>\u00a0Biden<\/span> has<\/span> avoided<\/span> accepting<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Macron’s<\/span> demands<\/span> for<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> to<\/span> resume<\/span> peace<\/span> talks<\/span> with<\/span> Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) November, 29— French President Emmanuel Macron is in Washington for President Joe Biden’s first official visit. Biden and Macron’s relationship got off to a rocky start. After the White House announced a deal to sell nuclear submarines to Australia last year, President Macron briefly recalled France’s ambassador to the United States. But relations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,2425,2450,2480,2482],"tags":[76,77,128,154,156,170,174],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1000-5.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2002,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/2002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}