European diplomats believe Joe Biden will repair the damage done by Trump to America's broken alliance with Europe
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden holds his protective face mask as he speaks about the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 30, 2020.European diplomats and foreign policy experts say that a Joe Biden presidency would restore the United States' strained alliances with Europe.
The transatlantic alliance between the US and its European allies has been under growing strain since Trump's election in 2016. The diplomat's comments echo those made by Biden's foreign policy adviser Antony Blinken, who signaled earlier this year that the US under Biden would rebuild the US's links with multilateral institutions.
That is not to say Biden would adopt a conciliatory approach towards China. In fact, he has signalled that he will take a similarly tough line on China to Trump, and has"Democrats are as stern on this issue as Republicans," said Heather Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
One UK diplomat told Business Insider: "[Issues] like taking a firm line with China, like Iran — those things will remain bones of contention. These [Biden and his allies] are people who believe in alliances, in the difference between right and wrong, and in the moral standing of the United States as the leader of the free world. But they accept it has to be earned."
Those concerns have only grown due to the coronavirus pandemic, which highlighted the UK's dependence on China.Getty While the impact of such a trade deal would be economically negligible — boosting the economy by only 0.16% over 15 years — Downing Street believes it would represent a significant political win and mark a new era of post-Brexit global trade.
"The Biden insistence on [food safety standards] would be not nearly so insistent as with the Trump administration. So that would make things easier in a deal with the UK," he said.
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