Budget 2018-19

  “The Secretary and the High Representative also agreed to continue strong US-EU cooperation on issues related to China,” the statement said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell discussed ways to further US-EU bilateral ties and agreed to continue ‘strong cooperation’ on issues related to China. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell today to discuss ways to repair, revitalize, and raise the level of ambition in the US-EU relationship,” the State Department said in a statement. “The Secretary and the High Representative also agreed to continue strong US-EU cooperation on issues related to China,” the statement said. Blinken thanked Borrel for the European Union’s leadership in various areas in recent years and emphasized the United States’ desire to work with the bloc a...

  President Joe Biden is popular across much of the world and expected to provide greater U.S. leadership on issues such as fighting Covid, terrorism and climate change, a new multi-nation survey shows President Joe Biden is popular across much of the world and expected to provide greater US leadership on issues such as fighting Covid-19, terrorism and climate change, a new multi-nation survey shows. But trust is low both in the US as a nation and Biden’s ability to deliver. “We wanted to know: If there is a change of administration and if the US is ready to lead again, will anyone follow?” said Michael Broening, Executive Director of the New York office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the German think tank that commissioned the survey. The answer from the survey’s 12,400 respondents in Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and the US itself: ‘Yes, but’. “Whatever was here in terms of US trust has really dissipated a lot,” sa...