Biden Administration faces daunting task of rebuilding US economic diplomacy

Abstract

East-West Center Senior Fellow Marcus Noland writes in a new East-West Wire commentary that "after four years of 'America First,' the incoming Biden administration faces a formidable task in reviving US economic diplomacy to address national and global challenges. But fortunately for Biden, on many of these issues good policy and good politics coincide." Among the pressing issues Biden will have to work on with international partners right out of the starting gate, Noland writes, are: The coronavirus pandemic and the emerging "vaccine famine" of unequal availability between countries; Cooperative action on climate change; Re-engaging Asia on trade; Fighting corruption.