The president of the US does a lot to set the tone of global politics — and most nations want friendly relations with the world’s most powerful country.
Here are the world leaders who most stand to lose — and to gain — from a Biden presidency:
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Here are the world leaders who most stand to lose — and to gain — from a Biden presidency:
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Loser: Boris Johnson
Joe Biden warned him during the campaign not to undermine the Good Friday Agreement, while his aides haven’t forgiven the UK prime minister’s unfortunate reference to Barack Obama’s 'part-Kenyan' heritage ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Joe Biden warned him during the campaign not to undermine the Good Friday Agreement, while his aides haven’t forgiven the UK prime minister’s unfortunate reference to Barack Obama’s 'part-Kenyan' heritage ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Loser: Vladimir Putin
Moscow has reason to feel glum: while Donald Trump has praised the Russian president’s leadership, Joe Biden has vowed to step up pressure on the Kremlin as part of a pledge to target autocracies and promote human rights ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Moscow has reason to feel glum: while Donald Trump has praised the Russian president’s leadership, Joe Biden has vowed to step up pressure on the Kremlin as part of a pledge to target autocracies and promote human rights ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Loser: Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Arabia fears that the US under a Biden administration will rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, empowering its arch-rival ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Saudi Arabia fears that the US under a Biden administration will rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, empowering its arch-rival ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Winner: Hassan Rouhani
The Iranian president suffered a huge blow after Donald Trump pulled the US out of the 2018 nuclear deal. Before he steps down next summer, he hopes Joe Biden will return to the historic deal ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
The Iranian president suffered a huge blow after Donald Trump pulled the US out of the 2018 nuclear deal. Before he steps down next summer, he hopes Joe Biden will return to the historic deal ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Winner: Angela Merkel
Germany is one of the countries that stands to gain the most from a Biden presidency. The country's chancellor, who had a notoriously testy relationship with Trump, noted she remembered 'good meetings and conversations' with Biden ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Germany is one of the countries that stands to gain the most from a Biden presidency. The country's chancellor, who had a notoriously testy relationship with Trump, noted she remembered 'good meetings and conversations' with Biden ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Winner: Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela’s leftwing president looks set to outlast Donald Trump. His revolutionary socialist government hopes Joe Biden will ease sweeping US sanctions that have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis brought about by years of misrule ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Venezuela’s leftwing president looks set to outlast Donald Trump. His revolutionary socialist government hopes Joe Biden will ease sweeping US sanctions that have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis brought about by years of misrule ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
Wait and see: Xi Jinping
The Chinese president probably won’t have to worry about sudden US tariff increases or sanctions being slapped on Chinese companies. But in some ways, Beijing will miss Donald Trump. Here's why: ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
The Chinese president probably won’t have to worry about sudden US tariff increases or sanctions being slapped on Chinese companies. But in some ways, Beijing will miss Donald Trump. Here's why: ft.com/content/1e6dd7…
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