Foreign policy isn’t a hot topic that will decide the outcome on November 3, but if Joe Biden wins, it could be the area where the most immediate impact is felt. Here’s how: ft.com/content/dc11d5… 
Here’s how Joe Biden plans to handle some of Donald Trump’s key foreign policy decisions:
✅Rejoin the Paris climate change agreement
✅Rejoin the WHO
✅Rejoin the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran comes into compliance
✅Adopt cooler relations with Saudi Arabia
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✅Rejoin the Paris climate change agreement
✅Rejoin the WHO
✅Rejoin the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran comes into compliance
✅Adopt cooler relations with Saudi Arabia
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Joe Biden would also maintain some of Trump's policies, such as:
✅Keeping the US embassy in Jerusalem
✅Endorsing the normalisation of ties between Israel and Gulf states
✅Continue drawing down US troops in Afghanistan and the Middle East
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✅Keeping the US embassy in Jerusalem
✅Endorsing the normalisation of ties between Israel and Gulf states
✅Continue drawing down US troops in Afghanistan and the Middle East
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Unlike Donald Trump, Joe Biden has decades of foreign policy experience. Europe is a particular area of focus and he could be more committed to the continent than Barack Obama was ft.com/content/dc11d5…
But even if a Biden administration adopts a markedly different tone to Donald Trump’s, some US allies aren’t convinced that it will lead to much change, especially regarding Russia and Iran — where the US and Europe are less aligned ft.com/content/dc11d5…
One of the lasting impacts of Donald Trump’s term could be the rise of American ‘informal diplomacy’ over international treaties, which future administrations could always break.
Read about what other foreign policy challenges Joe Biden would face: ft.com/content/dc11d5…
Read about what other foreign policy challenges Joe Biden would face: ft.com/content/dc11d5…
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