President Biden takes questions from reporters on the White House on Nov. 09, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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President Biden takes questions from reporters on the White House on Nov. 09, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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President Biden leaves Thursday for a week-long journey that may see him meet with allies and opponents alike throughout a collection of main summits — together with a face-to-face assembly with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

It’s a visit that may deal with Biden’s main overseas coverage priorities: local weather change, countering China’s world affect, and attempting to curb the injury brought on by Russia’s conflict on Ukraine.

And he is more likely to have a extra receptive viewers after his social gathering defied expectations within the midterm elections this week.

“It will give Biden a feeling that he has maybe a little bit of wind at his back,” mentioned Zack Cooper, a senior fellow on the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank. “Republicans look to have a margin in the House of Representatives, but it was less of a loss than I think many had expected for the Democrats.”

Big losses for Democrats within the midterms would have probably raised considerations amongst allies about Biden’s endurance — and fears a couple of fast return of the isolationist overseas coverage of former President Donald Trump.

The consequence ought to enable Biden to focus extra of his power overseas on his personal aims — and fewer on answering questions on whether or not he has the assist of the American individuals.

Ivo Daalder, who served as a U.S. ambassador to NATO within the Obama administration, mentioned world leaders have a classy understanding of how American elections usually fare.

“So, while the American voters don’t vote on foreign policy issues, there’s no doubt that this result will help Biden in his relations with the rest of the world,” mentioned Daalder, who’s now the president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

President Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping throughout a digital summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2021.

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President Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping throughout a digital summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2021.

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Biden will meet in individual together with his geopolitical rival, Xi Jinping

Biden’s first cease is in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the place he’ll tackle the U.N. local weather summit. Then he’ll meet with South Asian leaders in Cambodia.

At the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Biden could have a possibility to fulfill the brand new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

But a lot of the main target in Bali might be on Biden’s assembly with Xi.

Biden instructed reporters at a press convention that he will not make any concessions to appease China, however mentioned he desires to set some limits.

“I’ve told them I’m looking for competition, not conflict,” Biden mentioned. “And so what I want to do with him when we talk is lay out what each of our red lines are, understand what he believes to be in the critical national interest of China, what I know to be the critical interest of the United States and to determine whether or not they conflict with one another.”

Biden says he’ll discuss to Xi about Taiwan — and about ‘crimson traces’

Biden mentioned his coverage hasn’t modified on Taiwan, a self-governed island nation which China claims as its territory. But he has made a collection of provocative statements about whether or not the U.S. would defend Taiwan. He instructed reporters he would gave that dialog with Xi when he sees him.

Bonnie Glaser, the director of the Asia program at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, mentioned it will likely be tough for Biden to make vital inroads with Beijing.

“They haven’t shown any will to do anything with this administration, in part because they think this administration is implacably hostile toward them,” Glaser mentioned.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes arms with President Biden earlier than a summit in Geneva on June 16, 2021.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes arms with President Biden earlier than a summit in Geneva on June 16, 2021.

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Putin is probably not on the G-20, however Russia is the elephant within the room

Biden mentioned he did not suppose Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the G-20. A senior administration official instructed reporters that Biden will use the discussion board to spotlight the damaging impacts the Russian conflict has had on the worldwide economic system, together with rising meals prices and power costs.

“We will be unapologetic in calling out Russia for its brutal war,” mentioned a senior administration official. “And we will also work closely with our partners to address the impacts of the war.”

Melinda Haring, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, referred to as Russia the elephant within the room.

“We know that the issues that the G-20 faces: the big themes of this meeting are energy security and food security,” she mentioned. “And those issues both, of course, touch on the war in Ukraine. So even if Vladimir Putin is not there, his spirit is sort of hovering over the G-20.”