Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration

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{{See also|Brazil–United States relations}}

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Brazil–U.S. relations have undergone a notable shift under the Biden administration, reflecting both cooperation and occasional differences on various issues. During the previous administration, then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing populist and ally of his predecessor, Donald Trump, enjoyed close ties with the United States.{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Major Non-NATO Ally Status |url=https://www.state.gov/major-non-nato-ally-status/ |access-date=May 28, 2023 |website=United States Department of State}}{{Cite web |title=Trump bumps up Brazil to 'major non-NATO' ally |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/trump-bumps-up-brazil-to-major-non-nato-ally-1.580256 |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Stars and Stripes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Samuels |first=Brett |date=2019-08-01 |title=Trump officially designates Brazil a non-NATO ally |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/455642-trump-officially-designates-brazil-non-nato-ally/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-10-19 |title=Brazil's relations with the US at their best ever, says Jair Bolsonaro |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/brazil-s-relations-with-the-us-at-their-best-ever-says-jair-bolsonaro/story-pSbR0aMDpjrf4aLFYXFWxH.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}} However, following President Biden's election, a recalibration in US-Brazil relations became apparent. Challenges arose at first due to the two leaders' ideological differences and Bolsonaro's praise for Trump and baseless allegations about the legitimacy of Biden's election.{{Cite news |date=2022-06-07 |title=Brazil's Bolsonaro casts doubt on Biden's 2020 election win ahead of meeting him |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-casts-doubt-bidens-2020-election-win-ahead-meeting-him-2022-06-07/ |access-date=2023-05-28}}{{Cite news |last=Paraguassu |first=Lisandra |date=2022-06-10 |title=Bolsonaro tilts towards closer Brazil-U.S. ties at unlikely meeting with Biden |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaro-tilts-closer-brazil-us-ties-unlikely-meeting-with-biden-2022-06-10/ |access-date=2023-05-28}} Despite the differences, both Biden and Bolsonaro expressed a willingness to collaborate on climate change and environmental protection.

After the election of the current Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a left-wing former president, the relationship between the two countries shifted again.{{Cite news |last1=Parti |first1=Tarini |last2=Pearson |first2=Samantha |date=2023-02-10 |title=Biden and da Silva Aim to Rekindle U.S.-Brazil Relations |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-and-da-silva-aim-to-rekindle-u-s-brazil-relations-3213cc23 |access-date=2023-05-28 |issn=0099-9660}} In a meeting between the two leaders in February 2023, Biden and da Silva both signified a renewed emphasis on collaboration and dialogue between the two countries. President Biden emphasized that fostering dialogue, peace, and democracy in Brazil has been a key priority for the United States.

Addressing climate change and environmental stewardship, particularly in the Amazon rainforest, emerged as a crucial area for both Biden and da Silva. President da Silva's administration has committed to significant changes in [https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/03/lula-tells-cop27-brazil-is-back-as-he-vows-to-end-deforestation-in-the-amazon Brazil's environmental approach], including combating deforestation and achieving "zero deforestation" by 2030. These environmental goals align closely with President Biden's priorities, offering potential avenues for collaboration between the two nations.

Nevertheless, differences between the leaders have arisen on certain issues. Notably, there are diverging views regarding China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President da Silva has exhibited caution in openly criticizing China, as it is Brazil's largest trading partner. Additionally, Brazil has shown reluctance to fully endorse US calls for greater opposition to Russia's war in Ukraine.

{{Main|Canada–United States relations#Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden (January 2021 – January 2025)}}

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Biden's first foreign leader call was with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on January 22, 2021. The call followed Biden's announcement of the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline. Biden explained that he was following through on a campaign promise and restoring a decision made by the former Obama administration while acknowledging that the decision will cause hardship to Canada.{{cite news |last1=Cochrane |first1=David |last2=Jones |first2=Ryan Patrick |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden pledged to work with Canada on 'Buy American' during call with Trudeau, official says |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-biden-keystone-first-call-1.5883705 |access-date=June 14, 2021}} Issues discussed included the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery therein, climate change and environmental issues, NATO, indigenous issues, and other international relations. In her first briefing, White House Secretary Psaki noted focus on foreign relations would be with friends and allies of the United States saying: "I would expect his early calls will be with partners and allies. He feels it's important to rebuild those relationships."{{cite news |last=Panetta |first=Alexander |date=January 21, 2021 |title=White House sends a message about foreign policy in announcing Biden call with Trudeau |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-foreign-policy-canada-1.5883065 |access-date=June 14, 2021}}

Biden held his first bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau on February 23, 2021, virtually.{{cite web |author=The Canadian Press |date=February 20, 2021 |title=Trudeau to hold first meeting with new U.S. President Biden virtually on Tuesday |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-to-hold-first-meeting-with-new-u-s-president-biden-virtually-on-tuesday-1.5317313 |access-date=June 14, 2021 |website=CTV News}} Issues discussed were COVID-19, climate change, detention of the Two Michaels in China, the future of NORAD, systemic racism and gender equality.{{cite news |last=Zimonjic |first=Peter |date=February 23, 2021 |title=Trudeau, Biden pledge to work together on climate change and freeing detainees in China |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bilateral-meeting-biden-trudeau-1.5924455 |access-date=June 15, 2021}}{{cite web |last=Turnball |first=Sarah |date=February 23, 2021 |title=Trudeau and Biden pledge to fight COVID-19, climate change and rebuild economy |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-and-biden-pledge-to-fight-covid-19-climate-change-and-rebuild-economy-1.5320583 |access-date=February 23, 2021 |website=CTV News}}{{cite web |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Biden holds first foreign meeting with Canada's Justin Trudeau |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56177486 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |work=BBC News}}

Biden admitted that the USMCA negotiated by the Trump administration was "better than NAFTA"{{cite interview|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/09/10/joe_biden_trumps_usmca_is_better_than_nafta_but.html|interviewer=Jake Tapper|publisher=Real Clear Politics|title=Joe Biden USMCA is better than NAFTA, but|date=10 September 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-23/biden-speaks-to-leaders-of-mexico-and-canada-on-trade-migration|publisher=Bloomberg| title=Biden Talks Migration and Trade With Mexico, Canada Leaders|date=23 January 2021}} In November 2021, Biden hosted the first "Three Amigos" meeting since 2016. Trudeau accused Biden's tax-credit proposal for union-made electric vehicles of breaking the USMCA rules. Economic tensions arose from protectionist measures and trade incentives for American industry as part of Biden's "Buy American" campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/18/joe-biden-made-in-america-tensions-canada-mexico-522868|publisher=Politico|title=Biden's made-in-America push raises trade tensions at meeting with Canada, Mexico|date=18 November 2021}}

{{Main|Colombia–United States relations}}

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Despite Duque's party supporting Donald Trump during the 2020 US presidential election, Duque maintained very good relations under the presidency of Joe Biden. The Biden administration showed signs of favoring right-wing candidates in the Colombian presidential election of 2022: senior US diplomats spoke to the press about alleged Russian, Cuban and Venezuelan interference in the election in favor of leftist candidate Gustavo Petro, while US officials avoided meeting Petro before the election while meeting other candidates.{{cite web | url=https://cepr.net/a-warm-washington-welcome-for-colombias-controversial-ex-president/ | title=A Warm Washington Welcome for Colombia's Controversial Ex-President | date=24 August 2022 }}

On 20 April 2023, he met with the president of the United States, Joe Biden, at the White House,{{Cite web|url=https://www.portafolio.co/economia/gobierno/minuto-a-minuto-inicia-reunion-entre-petro-y-biden-581709|title=Cambio de deuda por acción climática, eje de reunión Biden – Petro|access-date=23 April 2023|date=20 April 2023|website=portafolio.com}} where topics such as decarbonization, the construction of a green economy in America, and electrical transmission at the continental level were discussed. payment of foreign debt through actions against climate change.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lasillavacia.com/historias/silla-nacional/el-desatrase-la-semana-en-la-que-petro-se-reunio-con-joe-biden/#:~:text=El%20jueves%20se%20dio%20el,mostr%C3%B3%20a%20dos%20presidentes%20cercanos.|title=El desatrase: la semana en la que Petro se reunió con Joe Biden|access-date=23 April 2023|date=20 April 2023|last=Caicedo Cano|first=Julio César|newspaper=lasillavacia.com}}

Among the conclusions, the United States promised an investment of US$500 million for the Amazon Fund, as part of the efforts of the two nations to face climate change. With this contribution, the United States would be one of the largest donors to this international conservation program, which was established during the previous term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation.{{Cite news|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/04/20/presidente-colombia-gustavo-petro-homologo-estadounidense-joe-biden-se-reunen-la-casa-blanca-orix/|title=Gustavo Petro, presidente de Colombia, se reunió con Joe Biden en la Casa Blanca: ¿cuáles fueron los principales temas?|access-date=23 April 2023|date=20 April 2023|last=Klein|first=Betsy|last2=Ramos|first2=Fernando|newspaper=cnnespanol.cnn.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2023/04/20/petro-y-biden-comenzo-la-reunion-en-la-casa-blanca/|title=Petro y Biden: comenzó la reunión en la Casa Blanca|access-date=23 April 2023|date=20 April 2023|last=Rodríguez|first=Sergio|newspaper=infobae.com}}

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Later he had a meeting with the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi,{{Cite news|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/politica/gobierno/petro-en-estados-unidos-el-dialogo-con-nancy-pelosi-761150|title=Petro en Estados Unidos: así fue el diálogo con Nancy Pelosi|access-date=15 May 2023|date=20 April 2023|last=Lombo Delgado|first=Juan Sebastian|newspaper=eltiempo.com}} where he reiterated the need for United States support for the agrarian reform proposed by the administration.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elheraldo.co/colombia/reunion-entre-gustavo-petro-y-nancy-pelosi-los-temas-que-trataron-994705|title=Paz, drogas y reforma agraria, entre temas abordados en reunión Petro-Pelosi|access-date=15 May 2023|date=20 April 2023|website=elheraldo.co}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespectador.com/politica/ultimo-dia-de-petro-en-washington-con-quien-mas-se-reunira-noticias-hoy/|title=Último día de Petro en Washington: ¿con quién más se reunirá?|access-date=15 May 2023|date=20 April 2023|website=elespectador.com}}

{{Main|Nicaragua–United States relations}}

The Biden administration has continued the American policy of support for Nicaraguan civil society groups, human rights, and free elections against a government accused of human rights violations, political suppression, and corruption.{{cite news |last=Jakes |first=Lara |date=July 12, 2021 |title=Latin America Unrest Forces Biden to Confront Challenges to Democracy Close to Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/us/politics/biden-cuba-haiti-latin-america.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 1, 2021}} An extremely controversial attempt by longtime Nicaraguan Sandinista President Daniel Ortega to cut social benefits{{cite news |last=Diao |first=Alexis |date=August 12, 2018 |title=Nicaragua's President Withdraws Social Security Reforms That Sparked Violent Unrest |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/22/604762080/violent-unrest-continues-in-nicaragua-over-social-security-reforms |work=NPR |access-date=August 1, 2021}} led to widespread protests and a crackdown against opposition politicians, protesters, and press condemned by an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights task force and the Organization of American States as involving crimes against humanity and violations of human rights.{{cite news |last2=Kurmanaev |first2=Anatoly |last1=Mendoza |first1=Yubelka |date=June 9, 2021 |title=In Nicaragua, Repression Deepens as More Opposition Leaders Are Detained |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/world/americas/nicaragua-ortega-opposition-leaders.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 1, 2021}}{{cite report |author=Maureen Taft-Morales |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Nicaragua in Brief: Political Developments in 2021, U.S. Policy, and Issues for Congress |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46860 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |pages=2–5 |access-date=August 1, 2021}}

The administration has expressed "[deep] concern about the escalating crackdown" and called for Ortega to reverse course. In a June 22, 2021 United Nations Human Rights Council meeting, the United States joined 58 other countries to call for the release of jailed presidential candidates and dissidents and rehabilitation of Nicaraguan democracy. On July 12, 2021, the State Department imposed visa restrictions on 100 Nicaraguan legislature and judiciary accused of enabling "attacks on democracy and human rights" by Ortega and Murillo, Ortega's wife and Vice President.{{cite press release |last=Blinken |first=Antony J. |title=The United States Restricts Visas of 100 Nicaraguans Affiliated with Ortega-Murillo Regime |url=https://www.state.gov/the-united-states-restricts-visas-of-100-nicaraguans-affiliated-with-ortega-murillo-regime/ |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=United States Department of State |date=July 12, 2021 |access-date=August 1, 2021}}{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Sambhav |date=July 14, 2021 |title=US imposes visa restrictions on 100 members of Nicaragua National Assembly, Judiciary |url=https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/07/us-imposes-visa-restrictions-on-100-members-of-nicaragua-national-assembly-judiciary/ |work=JURIST |access-date=August 1, 2021}} Biden's FY2022 budget request included $15 million of aid for Nicaragua, all of which will be directed towards democracy and rights programs. On August 6, 2021, the State Department placed visa restrictions on 50 immediate family members of Nicaraguan officials accused of benefiting from Ortega's regime;{{cite news |author= |title=US restricts more visas for Nicaraguans close to government |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-restricts-visas-nicaraguans-close-government-79318570 |agency=Associated Press |via=ABC News |date=August 6, 2021 |access-date=August 7, 2021}} this came amidst an upcoming November 2021 election in which many opposition candidates have been arrested or barred from running.{{cite news |author= |title=Nicaragua opposition party barred from elections |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-58125419 |work=BBC News |date=August 7, 2021 |access-date=August 7, 2021}}

Several bills proposed by the 117th Congress concern U.S. relations with Nicaragua, particularly with regards to Nicaraguan democracy and respect for human rights.

{{Main|Honduras–United States relations|Guatemala–United States relations|El Salvador–United States relations}}

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The Northern Triangle refers to the three Central American countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, usually in reference to the nations' poverty, political instability, and crime/violence as motivating factors of their residents' legal and illegal immigration to the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/central-americas-turbulent-northern-triangle |title=Central America's Turbulent Northern Triangle |last=Cheatham |first=Amelia |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |date=July 1, 2021 |website=cfr.org |access-date=August 1, 2021}}

Mexican President López Obrador said that President Biden has pledged $4 billion for development in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.{{cite news|last1=Stevenson|first1=Mark|last2=Gillies|first2=Rob|last3=Madhani|first3=Aamer|date=January 23, 2021|title=Mexican leader says Biden offers $4B for Central America|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-north-america-mexico-justin-trudeau-coronavirus-pandemic-070159520dd892ad0f4233cfec7e2827|work=Associated Press|access-date=January 24, 2021}} Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on February 6 that agreements with those three countries to send asylum-seekers back to those countries until their cases were heard were suspended.{{cite news|title=US to end deals to send asylum seekers back to Central America|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/6/us-to-end-deals-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-central-america|work=Al Jazeera|language=en|date=February 6, 2021|access-date=February 6, 2021}}

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Guatemala as part of her first foreign trip in office. In Guatemala City, Harris held a joint press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei where she issued an appeal to potential migrants, stating "I want to be clear to folks in the region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border: Do not come. Do not come."{{cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Sabrina|date=June 7, 2021|title=Harris' blunt message in Guatemala: 'Do not come' to U.S.|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/07/harris-message-in-guatemala-do-not-come-492047|work=Politico|language=en|access-date=June 7, 2021}}

{{Main|Cuba–United States relations}}

The Biden administration has maintained most of the sanctions against Cuba that were issued by the first Trump administration, despite one of Biden's campaign promises being to lift restrictions against the country.{{cite news|last=O'Grady|first=Mary Anastasia|date=2021-09-06|title=Opinion {{!}} A Sanction Worth Lifting in Cuba|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanction-cuba-fishing-communists-protests-dollar-remittance-let-cubans-live-petition-emily-mendrala-biden-administration-11630938612|access-date=2021-09-13 |issn=0099-9660}}{{cite web|title=Over 100 Democrats urge Biden to engage with Cuba, lift restrictions|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/100-democrats-urge-biden-engage-cuba-lift-restrictions-rcna9072|access-date=2022-01-19|website=NBC News|date=December 17, 2021|language=en}}

In June 2021, the Biden administration continued America's tradition of voting against an annual United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.{{cite web|last=Nichols|first=Michelle|date=2021-06-23|title=U.S. again votes against U.N. call to end Cuba embargo|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-continues-vote-against-un-call-end-cuba-embargo-2021-06-23/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Reuters|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717142627/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-continues-vote-against-un-call-end-cuba-embargo-2021-06-23/}} The resolution was adopted for the 29th time with 184 votes in favor, three abstentions, and two no votes: the U.S. and Israel.{{cite web|date=2021-06-23|title=UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo for 29th consecutive year|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1094612|access-date=2021-07-27 |website=UN News|language=en|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714185126/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1094612|url-status=live}}

In July 2021, protesters gathered in front of the White House and demonstrators called on President Joe Biden to take action in Cuba.{{cite web|last=Rouh|first=Alex J.|date=2021-07-26|title=Protesters clash in front of White House over Cuba crisis, demand Biden increase pressure|url=https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-clash-front-white-house-over-cuba-crisis-demand-biden-increase-pressure-1613257|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727044008/https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-clash-front-white-house-over-cuba-crisis-demand-biden-increase-pressure-1613257|url-status=live}} The Biden administration sanctioned a key Cuban official and a government special forces unit known as the Boinas Negras for human rights abuses in the wake of historic protests on the island.{{cite web|author1=Kylie Atwood|author2=Patrick Oppmann|author3=Jennifer Hansler|date=2021-07-22|title=Biden administration sanctions Cuban regime in wake of protests |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/politics/biden-cuba-sanctions/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27 |website=CNN|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727052135/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/politics/biden-cuba-sanctions/index.html|url-status=live}} On July 22, 2021, directly before hosting a meeting with Cuban American leaders,{{cite web|title=U.S. announces Cuba sanctions as Biden meets with Cuban American leaders |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-announces-cuba-sanctions-biden-meets-cuban-american-leaders-rcna1567|access-date=2021-09-13 |website=NBC News|date=July 31, 2021 |language=en}} President Biden stated "I unequivocally condemn the mass detentions and sham trials that are unjustly sentencing to prison those who dared to speak out in an effort to intimidate and threaten the Cuban people into silence."{{cite web|date=2021-07-22|title=Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Continuing Crackdown in Cuba|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/22/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-continuing-crackdown-in-cuba/|access-date=2021-07-27 |website=The White House|language=en-US|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726233652/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/22/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-continuing-crackdown-in-cuba/|url-status=live}} President Biden has also ordered government specialists to develop ideas for the U.S. to unilaterally extend internet access on the island, and he has promised to enhance backing for Cuban dissidents.

In August 2021, Biden sanctioned three additional Cuban officials who were also reportedly involved in the suppression of anti-government protesters in Cuba.{{cite web|title=U.S. sanctions more Cuban officials; Mayorkas meets with Cuban Americans|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-sanctions-cuban-officials-mayorkas-meets-cuban-americans-rcna1722|access-date=2021-09-13|website=NBC News|date=August 20, 2021 |language=en}}

In December 2021, 114 Democratic House members signed a letter that urged President Biden to lift restrictions and sanctions against Cuba in order to make their access to food and medicine easier.

In January 2022, Biden again sanctioned Cuba officials, this time placing travel restrictions on eight members of the Cuban government.{{cite web|title=Biden administration slaps US travel bans on 8 Cuban officials|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/6/biden-administration-slaps-us-travel-ban-on-eight-cuban-officials|access-date=2022-01-19 |website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}

In May 2022, the Biden administration lifted some of the sanctions, with policy changes such as expansion of flights to Cuba and resumption of a family reunification program. In January 2023, the Biden administration made changes to its immigration policy, to limit the amount of Cuban migrants entering the United States.

In the final week of his presidency, the Biden administration removed Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list, in concert with a prisoner exchange, brokered by the Vatican.{{Cite web |last=Smolinski |first=Paulina |date=2025-01-14 |title=Biden to lift Cuba's designation as terror sponsor in exchange for release of prisoners - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-lifting-cuba-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-designation/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

{{Main|Haiti–United States relations}}

Biden condemned the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse in 2021.{{cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2021-07-07 |title=Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the Assassination of President Jovenel Moïse |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/07/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-the-assassination-of-president-jovenel-moise/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The White House |language=en-US}} He later announced that he would be sending troops to guard the embassy in Port-au-Prince.{{cite web |date=2021-07-15 |title=Biden says US will protect embassy, requests Haiti troop ask |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-says-us-will-protect-embassy-requests-haiti-troop-ask-joe-biden-haiti-washington-jovenel-moise-angela-merkel-b1885078.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}} The Haitian government asked the US, as well as the United Nations and Canada, for more troops, but this was rejected.{{cite web |date=2023-01-25 |title=US and Canada not interested in sending armed force to Haiti |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-nations-ariel-henry-robert-wood-canada-05e72c9d2eb75a073cd583cd29ffbaa8 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}

{{Main|Mexico–United States relations#Biden administration}}

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Biden had a call with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on January 22, 2021. On the call they spoke of issues such as regionality and regional migration, reducing immigration across the Mexico–U.S. border by targeting the root cause, increasing resettlement capacity, providing legal alternatives for immigration pathways, improving the treatment of immigrants at the border, adequate arbitration of requests for asylum, reversal of the Trump administration's immigration policies, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Obrador said the call was "pleasant and respectful" and that relations between Mexico and the U.S. would improve in the future.{{cite news |title=Mexican president, Biden discuss migration, coronavirus, development |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-call-idUSKBN29S00U |access-date=January 23, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=January 22, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Readout of President Joe Biden Call with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/23/readout-of-president-joe-biden-call-with-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-of-mexico/|website=The White House|date=January 23, 2021|access-date=January 23, 2021}}{{cite tweet|author=Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador|user=lopezobrador_ |date=January 22, 2021|title=Conversamos con el presidente Biden, fue amable y respetuoso.|number=1352777092832743425|language=Spanish|location=Mexico|access-date=January 23, 2021}}

Biden held his bilateral meeting with President Obrador on March 1, 2021, virtually.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-obrador-us-mexico-migration-issues-edb25cf298b7c9a83d15ff4f6c7ea95f|title=Biden tries to reset relationship with Mexican president|website=Associated Press|date=2021-03-01|access-date=2021-09-01}}

On January 17, 2024, a Republican-led non-binding resolution denouncing the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the Mexico–United States border passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 225–187, with 211 Republicans and 14 Democrats supporting it.{{cite web |last1=Adragna |first1=Anthony |title=14 Dems vote with GOP as House condemns Biden handling of southern border |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/01/17/congress/house-gop-biden-border-rebuke-dems-00136221 |publisher=Politico |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=17 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=H. RES. 957 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hres957ih/pdf/BILLS-118hres957ih.pdf |publisher=118th Congress |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=11 January 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Schnell |first1=Mychael |title=These 14 Democrats voted for a GOP resolution denouncing Biden's 'open-border policies' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4414955-democrats-gop-resolution-denouncing-biden-open-border-policies/ |work=The Hill |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=17 January 2024}}

On February 13, 2024, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached on a 214-213 party-line vote by the United States House of Representatives over his handling of the Mexico–United States border.{{cite web |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Foran |first2=Clare |last3=Wilson |first3=Kristin |title=House impeaches Alejandro Mayorkas, first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150 years |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/13/politics/alejandro-mayorkas-impeachment-vote/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=13 February 2024}}

On July 25, 2024, the United States House of Representatives voted 220–196 to pass another Republican-led resolution condemning the Biden-Harris administration for their handling of the Mexico–United States border. Six Democrats voted with all Republicans in the House to pass the resolution.{{cite web |last1=Solender |first1=Andrew |title=A half-dozen Democrats vote to condemn Harris on the border |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/07/25/house-democrats-resolution-kamala-harris-border |publisher=Axios |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=25 July 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Carney |first1=Jordain |last2=Adragna |first2=Anthony |title=Half-dozen Dems join GOP in condemning Harris' work on the border |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/07/25/congress/house-condemns-harris-on-border-00171124 |publisher=Politico |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=25 July 2024}}

{{Main|Peru–United States relations}}

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President Biden has received substantial criticism due to his administration's open support for Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, whose government has widely been described as authoritarian.{{cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Laura |date=2023-08-01 |title=Boluarte recibe respaldo de Biden pese a que congresistas denunciaron vulneración de derechos en protestas |url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/actualidad/2023/08/01/dina-boluarte-recibe-respaldo-de-joe-biden-pese-a-que-congresistas-denunciaron-vulneracion-de-derechos-en-protestas-marchas-cidh-estados-unidos-eeu-noticia-65561 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=La República |language=es}}{{cite web |last=Paucar |first=Luis |date=2 August 2023 |title=Joe Biden ratifica respaldo a Dina Boluarte: "Espero con interés continuar nuestra colaboración" |url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/2023/08/02/joe-biden-ratifica-respaldo-a-dina-boluarte-espero-con-interes-continuar-nuestra-colaboracion/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}{{cite news |date=2022-12-08 |title=U.S. says welcomes appointment of Boluarte as Peru's President |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-says-welcomes-appointment-boluarte-perus-president-2022-12-08/ |access-date=2023-11-07}}

{{Main|United States–Venezuela relations#Presidency of Joe Biden}}

With respect to the crisis in Venezuela, Biden retained a hard-line approach, continuing to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of Venezuela and declining to directly negotiate with President Nicolás Maduro.Carmen Sesin, [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-administration-won-t-be-negotiating-venezuela-s-maduro-keeping-n1256735 Biden administration won't be negotiating with Venezuela's Maduro, keeping hard-line approach], NBC News (February 4, 2020).Matt Spetalnick, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-usa-exclusive/exclusive-biden-in-no-rush-to-lift-venezuela-sanctions-seeks-serious-steps-by-maduro-idUSKCN2AS0FB Exclusive: Biden in no rush to lift Venezuela sanctions, seeks 'serious steps' by Maduro], Reuters (February 28, 2021). The U.S. State Department emphasized that "Maduro is a dictator" and that the regime's repression and corruption created a humanitarian catastrophe. The administration indicated that it would not rush to lift U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, but would consider easing sanctions if Maduro took "serious steps" to negotiate seriously with the opposition. The administration continued support for humanitarian aid to Venezuela. In early March 2021, the administration granted Temporary Protected Status for an 18-month period to Venezuelans who were already living in the U.S., having fled the Maduro regime due to the country's economic collapse and repression.{{cite web|last=Narea|first=Nicole|date=March 8, 2021|title=Biden will allow Venezuelans who fled the Maduro regime to live and work in the US|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/3/8/22319875/venezuela-tps-temporary-protected-status-biden|website=Vox|access-date=March 9, 2021}}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets With British Foreign Secretary Raab, French Foreign Minister Le Drian, and German Foreign Minister Maas in Brussels (50998653760).jpg, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Brussels, March 2021]]

{{Main|Belarus–United States relations}}

In May 2021 the United States and other countries denounced Belarus' authorities forcing Ryanair Flight 4978 to land in Belarus' territory.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-belarus-grounding-of-ryanair-flight-broke-international-law/ar-AAKkkTv|title=Why Belarus Grounding of Ryanair Flight Broke International Law|website=www.msn.com|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524145120/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-belarus-grounding-of-ryanair-flight-broke-international-law/ar-AAKkkTv|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=26 May 2021 |title=Belarus And The Diversion Of Ryanair Flight 4978 |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/diversion-flight-belarus/31274157.html |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601073959/https://www.rferl.org/a/diversion-flight-belarus/31274157.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/roman-protasevich-the-young-dissident-who-belarus-diverted-a-ryanair-flight-to-arrest/ar-AAKkHJD|title=Roman Protasevich: The young dissident who Belarus diverted a Ryanair flight to arrest|website=www.msn.com|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525021536/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/roman-protasevich-the-young-dissident-who-belarus-diverted-a-ryanair-flight-to-arrest/ar-AAKkHJD|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Buckley |first=Julia |date=31 May 2021 |title=How Belarus 'hijacking' has redrawn Europe's air map |language=en |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/belarus-flight-ban-aviation-europe/index.html |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531002307/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/belarus-flight-ban-aviation-europe/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Suliman |first=Adela |date=4 May 2021 |title=Belarus faces international fury after using fighter jet to land airliner, seize journalist |language=en |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/belarus-facing-global-fury-after-plane-carrying-opposition-journalist-forced-n1268294 |url-status=live |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601100021/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/belarus-facing-global-fury-after-plane-carrying-opposition-journalist-forced-n1268294 |archive-date=1 June 2021}}{{Cite magazine |last=Applebaum |first=Anne |date=24 May 2021 |title=Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/belarus-lukashenko-hijack-plane-precedent-dictators/618971/ |url-status=live |magazine=The Atlantic |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531182112/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/belarus-lukashenko-hijack-plane-precedent-dictators/618971/ |archive-date=31 May 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021}}

On 28 February 2022, the United States suspended its embassy in Belarus following intelligence from Ukraine that the country was preparing to join with its ally Russia in invading Ukraine.{{Cite news |last=Tapper |first=Jake |date=28 February 2022 |title=Ukrainian intel suggests Belarus is prepared to join Russian invasion and US suspends operations at embassy |language=en |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/belarus-ukrainian-invasion-american-embassy-suspended/index.html |access-date=28 February 2022}}

{{Main|European Union–United States relations}}

File:P20210615AS-0600 (51267682502).jpg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, June 2021]]

Some analysts and diplomats say the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on Investment between China and the European Union may damage relations with the United States as the EU hands China a political win at the expense of incoming president Biden.{{cite news|last=Erlanger|first=Steven|date=January 6, 2021|title=Will the Sudden E.U.-China Deal Damage Relations With Biden?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/world/europe/eu-china-deal-biden.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 6, 2021}}{{cite magazine |title=Cynicism explains a flawed new EU-China commercial pact |author= |magazine=The Economist |date=January 7, 2021 |url= https://www.economist.com/china/2021/01/07/cynicism-explains-a-flawed-new-eu-china-commercial-pact}}{{cite news|last=Wintour|first=Patrick|date=January 21, 2021|title=China deal damages EU's human rights credibility, MEPs to say|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/china-deal-damages-eus-human-rights-credibility-meps-to-say|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 21, 2021}} In December 2020, Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser, said he would welcome "early consultation" with Europe on China. However, instead of holding off for Biden to take office to devise a common approach toward China, the EU agreed to the deal anyway.{{cite news|title=Europe's Contested Deal With China Sends Warning to Joe Biden|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/europe-s-contested-deal-with-china-sends-warning-to-joe-biden|work=Bloomberg News|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2021}}

In the calls with the European leaders, President Biden spoke of bilateral relations, bolstering transatlantic relations through NATO and the European Union, and closely coordinating on key issues, such as Iran, China, Russia, Afghanistan, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and multilateral organizations.{{cite news |last1=Zengerle |first1=Patricia |title=Biden speaks with France's Macron, seeks to strengthen ties |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-france/biden-speaks-with-frances-macron-seeks-to-strengthen-ties-idUSKBN29T0QI |access-date=January 25, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=January 24, 2021}}

President Biden promised to repair "strained" relationships with European allies in contrast to his predecessor, Trump.{{cite web|last=Macias|first=Amanda|date=February 19, 2021|title='An attack on one is an attack on all' — Biden backs NATO military alliance in sharp contrast to Trump|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/19/munich-security-conference-biden-backs-nato-in-sharp-contrast-to-trump.html|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=March 3, 2021}} At the Munich Security Conference, Biden warned that "Putin seeks to weaken the European project and our NATO alliance." Biden called for multilateralism to strengthen the defensive position and economic power of the transatlantic alliance, and solve global problems like the COVID pandemic and climate change.{{cite web|last=Conradis|first=Brandon|date=February 19, 2021|title=Biden warns European allies that 'democratic progress is under assault'|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539584-biden-warns-european-allies-that-democratic-progress-is-under-assault|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=March 3, 2021}}

However, in late 2022 and 2023, the Biden administration implemented the CHIPS and Science Act (partly to counter the European Chips Act) and Inflation Reduction Act, both of which included measures to improve the U.S. domestic research sector, build domestic supply chains, and increase business and consumer tax incentives solely for American-made semiconductors, renewable energy, and electric vehicles, among others. The EU member states' finance ministers have complained against these measures, claiming the United States is implementing harmful protectionist measures. The European Commission has responded by proposing the Net Zero Industry Act as part of the European Green Deal. Biden and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen agreed on March 10, 2023, to negotiate a common critical minerals stockpile deal and reforms to their respective green industrial policy packages.{{Cite web |last=Amaro |first=Silvia |title=Europe shows a united front against Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, says it threatens industry |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/09/europe-shows-a-united-front-against-bidens-inflation-reduction-act.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=CNBC |date=November 9, 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web | last=Kuttner | first=Robert | title=Reclaiming U.S. Industry | website=The American Prospect | date=January 24, 2023 | url= https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-24-biden-american-industrial-policy/| access-date=March 21, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Blenkinsop |first1=Philip |title=EU seeks to arrest industry decline in green transition |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/eu-seeks-arrest-industry-decline-green-transition-2023-03-10/ |website=Reuters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311144739/https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/eu-seeks-arrest-industry-decline-green-transition-2023-03-10/ |archive-date=11 March 2023 |language=en |date=10 March 2023 |quote=engaged in a subsidies race |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Corner |first1=The |title=US and EU initiate steps to resolve Inflation Reduction Act dispute {{!}} The Corner |url=https://thecorner.eu/54/us-and-eu-initiate-steps-to-resolve-inflation-reduction-act-dispute/104965/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230312115256/https://thecorner.eu/54/us-and-eu-initiate-steps-to-resolve-inflation-reduction-act-dispute/104965/ |archive-date=12 March 2023 |date=12 March 2023 |url-status=live}}

{{Main|Finland–United States relations}}

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On August 3, 2022, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved Finland and Sweden's accession bids to join NATO.{{cite news |title=Senate votes to approve NATO membership for Sweden and Finland|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/03/senate-nato-sweden-finland/ |work=The Washington Post |date=3 August 2022}}

U.S. President Joe Biden approved the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden in August 2022.{{cite news |title=Biden signs ratification documents approving NATO membership for Finland and Sweden |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/biden-to-ratify-finland-and-swedens-nato-membership-bids.html |work=CNBC |date=9 August 2022}}

On December 18, 2023, the US (represented by Antony Blinken) and Finland (represented by Antti Häkkänen and Elina Valtonen) signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |title=Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Defense Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-the-defense-cooperation-agreement-signing-ceremony/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-12-14 |title=Finland Seals Defense Deal With US to Boost Security |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-14/finland-us-agree-on-dca-to-security |access-date=2023-12-18}}

The agreement regulates the presence of the US armed forces and their dependents on the territory of the Finland, as well as the presence and activities of US suppliers on the territory of the Finland.

The United States Ambassador to Finland is Doug Hickey{{cite web |date=8 October 2021 |title="President Biden Announces Key Nominations" |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/08/president-biden-announces-key-nominations-4/ |access-date= |work=White House}}

President Biden visited Helsinki on July 12, 2023{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=Biden in Europe highlights: President touts Finland's NATO membership after summit |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/live-blog/biden-europe-live-updates-biden-arrives-finland-nato-summit-rcna94008 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=NBC News |language=en}} and met with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö{{Cite web |title=Biden in Finland: Putin 'already lost' Ukraine war – DW – 07/13/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/biden-in-finland-putin-already-lost-ukraine-war/a-66219229 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=dw.com |language=en}} and leaders of other Nordic nations, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. The purpose was to celebrate{{Cite news |last=Rasmussen |first=Sune Engel |last2=Michaels |first2=Daniel |last3=Restuccia |first3=Andrew |date=2023-07-13 |title=Biden Visit Cements Finland’s Pivot Away From Neutrality |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-visit-cements-finlands-pivot-away-from-neutrality-3fd65237 |access-date=2023-07-13 |issn=0099-9660}} Finland joining the NATO.

{{Main|France–United States relations#Biden presidency 2021–2025}}

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On January 24, 2021, Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone call.{{cite journal |title=Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Emmanuel Macron of France |journal=The White House |date=January 24, 2021 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/24/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-call-with-president-emmanuel-macron-of-france/ |access-date=January 25, 2021}}

In September 2021, the French ambassador was recalled to Paris after the AUKUS security pact had been made by Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. The measure was unprecedented; in almost 250 years of diplomatic relations, France had never before recalled its U.S. ambassadorship.{{cite news |author1=SYLVIE CORBET |title=France recalls ambassadors to U.S., Australia over submarine deal |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/09/17/france-recalls-ambassadors-to-u-s-australia-over-submarine-deal/ |access-date=September 18, 2021 |work=Portland Press Herald |agency=ASSOCIATED PRESS |date=September 17, 2021 |language=en |quote=America's oldest ally, France, recalled its ambassador to the United States on Friday in an unprecedented show of anger}} The Biden administration tried to placate French anger.{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-recalls-ambassadors-to-us-australia-over-submarine-deal/ar-AAOyNcL |title=France recalls ambassadors to US, Australia over submarine deal |website=MSN}}{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-regrets-frances-decision-recall-ambassador-white-house-official-2021-09-17/|title=U.S. Regrets France's decision to recall ambassador -White House official |newspaper=Reuters|date=September 17, 2021}}

In October 2021, Biden met with Macron and admitted that his administration was "clumsy" in its handling of the nuclear submarine deal with Australia, which deprived France of billions in defense contracts.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-regrets-frances-decision-recall-ambassador-white-house-official-2021-09-17/|title=Biden tells French President the US was 'clumsy' in handling nuclear submarine deal|work=CNN|date=October 29, 2021}}

{{Main|Germany–United States relations}}

File:President Frank Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany presents the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Award to President Joe Biden at the Bellevue Palace, Friday, October 18, 2024, in Berlin, Germany.jpg, October 2024]]

On January 25, 2021, Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a phone call.{{cite journal|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/25/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-call-with-chancellor-angela-merkel-of-germany/|title=Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany|date=January 25, 2021|journal=The White House}}

In early February 2021, Biden froze the Trump administration's withdrawal of 9,500 troops from U.S. military bases in Germany,{{cite news|last1=Gearan|first1=Anne|last2=Hudson|first2=John|last3=Ryan |first3=Missy|date=February 4, 2021|title=U.S. ending support for Saudi-led war in Yemen as Biden shifts foreign policy priorities|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-yemen-saudi-war-support/2021/02/04/ae61c14a-670d-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html|access-date=2021-02-04|issn=0190-8286}} Biden's freeze was welcomed by Germany, which said that the move "serves European and transatlantic security and hence is in our mutual interest."[https://www.dw.com/en/germany-welcomes-biden-plan-to-halt-us-troop-withdrawal/a-56469474 Germany welcomes Biden plan to halt US troop withdrawal], (February 5, 2021).

{{Main|Greece–United States relations|Cyprus–United States relations}}

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Antony Blinken indicated American interest in robust ties between itself, Greece, Israel, and Cyprus, in response to questioning by Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Menendez regarding the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act.{{cite web |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/261534/us-greece-security-relationship-key-to-american-interests-in-east-med-says-blinken/|title=US-Greece security relationship key to American interests in East Med, says Blinken |website=www.ekathimerini.com}}

On 13 October 2021, Greece and the U.S. upgraded their defense pact, signing an agreement that allows expanded access for U.S. troops to train and operate from four additional bases in Greece indefinitely. Greece also has a bilateral maritime defense pact with France, and the parties hold these pacts to be complementary to NATO.{{cite web | title=Greece, US Expand Defense Pact in Face of Turkey Tensions | website=US News & World Report | date=14 October 2021 | url=http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-10-14/greece-us-expand-defense-pact-in-face-of-turkey-tensions | access-date=31 July 2023}}

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On March 17, 2021, St. Patrick's Day, Biden continued tradition by meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin, though this time virtually due to the pandemic. They discussed COVID-19, security issues and Northern Ireland as Biden emphasized his support for the Good Friday Agreement. In an interview with MSNBC, Martin said that "In President Biden, we have perhaps the most Irish American president since John F. Kennedy, and his election was greeted with great affection and warmth".{{cite web |last1=Egan |first1=Lauren |date=March 17, 2021 |title=Biden, Irish PM hold annual St. Patrick's Day meeting virtually |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-irish-pm-hold-annual-st-patrick-s-day-meeting-n1261291 |website=NBC News |access-date=March 18, 2021}}

After a St. Patrick's Day 2023 visit to the White House from new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar,{{cite web | author=The White House | title=Remarks by Vice President Harris And Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of Ireland Before St. Patrick's Day Welcome Breakfast | website=The White House | date=March 17, 2023 | url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/03/17/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-and-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-of-ireland-before-st-patricks-day-welcome-breakfast/ | access-date=April 12, 2023}} Biden visited Ireland from April 12 to 15, 2023, and met with President Michael D. Higgins and Varadkar, and addressed the Oireachtas soon after, to discuss the Good Friday Agreement's continuation, trade, tech and industrial policy, security issues, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and European Union-U.S. relations. Biden also toured the various Irish towns where his ancestors lived, and met with distant cousins.{{cite news | title=Biden's visit to Ireland aimed at marking Good Friday Agreement but it is also a very personal one | last=Wall|first=Martin|newspaper=The Irish Times | date=April 9, 2023 | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/04/09/bidens-visit-to-ireland-aimed-at-marking-good-friday-agreement-but-it-is-also-a-very-personal-one/ | access-date=April 12, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/biden-in-ireland/2023/0412/1376544-biden-louth/|title=Louth trip sees Biden explore his ancestral roots|publisher=RTÉ News|first=Laura|last=Hogan|date=April 12, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/joe-biden-gets-rapturous-welcome-as-he-makes-historic-address-to-dail-42431090.html|title=Joe Biden gets rapturous welcome as he makes historic address to Dáil|publisher=Irish Independent|first=Eoghan|last=Moloney|date=April 13, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2023/0414/1376880-biden-mayo/|title=Thousands out in Ballina for Biden address|publisher=RTÉ News|first=Pat|last=McGrath|date=April 14, 2023|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}

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In February 2021, Biden sent letters to Kosovo's acting President Vjosa Osmani and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, urging the normalization of Kosovo–Serbia relations based on "mutual recognition" and expressing support for economic normalization agreements; Biden's engagement with the issue signaled a new U.S. focus on European security.[https://www.rferl.org/a/biden-says-kosovo-holds-special-place-for-his-family/31107051.html Biden Says Kosovo Holds 'Special Place' For His Family], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty with reporting by Associated Press (February 17, 2021).Keida Kostreci, [https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_weighing-long-running-serbia-kosovo-dispute-biden-signals-interest-europe/6202447.html By Weighing In on Long-running Serbia-Kosovo Dispute, Biden Signals Interest in Europe], Voice of America (February 24, 2021). Biden has said recognition of Kosovo is necessary for normalization of Serbia–U.S. relations.{{cite web|last=Crowcroft|first=Orlando|date=2021-04-20|title=President Biden says 'mutual recognition' key to Kosovo, Serbia talks|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/20/president-joe-biden-says-mutual-recognition-key-to-kosovo-serbia-talks|access-date=2021-11-12 |website=euronews|language=en}}

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In July 2023, Lithuania hosted 2023 Vilnius summit, receiving the US President Joe Biden along with around 40 other leaders. During the visit, President Biden gave a speech in Vilnius University.{{cite web|title=President Joe Biden’s Speech at Vilnius University Concluded NATO Summit|url=https://www.vu.lt/en/news-events/news/president-joe-biden-s-speech-at-vilnius-university-concluded-nato-summit|date=12 July 2023|access-date=13 July 2023|website=Vilnius University}}

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In 2024, the Netherlands and the United States entered into security agreements with Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of a larger NATO initiative to support Ukraine with ammunition and weapons systems.{{cite web | url=https://nl.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/ | title=Our Relationship | date=17 June 2024 }} As part of the agreement the United States approved delivery of advanced F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands to Ukraine.{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Steve |last2=Ali |first2=Idrees |last3=Ali |first3=Idrees |date=2023-08-18 |title=US approves sending F-16s to Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-approves-sending-f-16s-ukraine-denmark-netherlands-2023-08-17/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |work=Reuters |language=en}} The appointment of Mark Rutte as Secretary General of NATO was favored by the United States president Joe Biden.{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/21/biden-backs-dutch-pm-mark-rutte-for-top-nato-job-00142554 | title=Biden paves way for Mark Rutte to lead NATO — and confront Putin | website=Politico | date=21 February 2024 }}

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President Biden visited Poland on March 25–26, 2022. He held talks with Polish leaders and met Ukrainian refugees. He also delivered a speech in the courtyard of Royal Castle in Warsaw. He referred to the historical experiences of Poland, the Russian-Ukrainian war and the aggressive policy of Russia.{{cite web|date=2021-03-26|title=Remarks by President Biden on the United Efforts of the Free World to Support the People of Ukraine |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/03/26/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-united-efforts-of-the-free-world-to-support-the-people-of-ukraine/|website=whitehouse}} The purpose of Biden's trip to Poland was to express NATO's unity and the U.S. commitment to defend its allies.{{cite web|date=2021-03-30|title= President Joe Biden's Visit to Poland |url=https://pism.pl/publications/president-joe-bidens-visit-to-poland |website=pism}}

President Biden visited Poland for a second time February 20–22, 2023.

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In 2024, the US Government informed its Romanian counterpart that the Romanian Armed Forces can access funds for the modernization programs through the Foreign Military Financing program. Under this program, the Romanian side can access up to 4 billion dollars in direct loans as well as up to 8 billion dollars attracted by contracting loans from the financial markets.{{cite web|url=https://www.bursa.ro/new-financial-instruments-for-financing-military-expenditure-07082355|title=New financial instruments for financing military expenditure|author=George Marinescu|website=bursa.ro|date=14 August 2024}}

Romania joined the Visa Waiver Program on January 10, 2025.{{cite web|url=https://ro.usembassy.gov/secretary-mayorkas-and-secretary-blinken-announce-designation-of-romania-into-the-visa-waiver-program/|title=Secretary Mayorkas and Secretary Blinken Announce Designation of Romania into the Visa Waiver Program|website=ro.usembassy.gov|date=10 January 2025}}

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Through 2020, Biden and Putin had met once, in Moscow in March 2011, when Biden was vice president and Putin was prime minister. After an official group meeting, which Biden characterized in his memoir as "argumentative," he and Putin met privately, with Biden saying "Mr. Prime Minister, I'm looking into your eyes," (a reference to a 2001 meeting between Putin and President Bush, who later said "I looked the man in the eye...I was able to get a sense of his soul"). Biden continued, "I don't think you have a soul." Putin replied, "We understand each other."{{cite news|last=Steinhauer|first=Jennifer|date=December 15, 2020|title=Biden to Face a Confrontational Russia in a World Changed From His Time in Office|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/politics/biden-russia-trump-putin.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=June 13, 2021}}

As vice president, Biden had urged the Ukrainian government to eliminate middlemen such as oligarch Dmytry Firtash from the country's natural gas industry, and to reduce the country's reliance on imports of Russian natural gas. Firtash has said he was installed as a middleman by Russian organized crime boss Semion Mogilevich; Putin agreed with the appointment. Since 2014, Firtash has been fighting extradition to the U.S. under a federal indictment.{{cite news|last1=Becker|first1=Jo|last2=Bogdanich|first2=Walt|last3=Haberman|first3=Maggie|last4=Protess|first4=Ben|date=November 25, 2019|title=Why Giuliani Singled Out 2 Ukrainian Oligarchs to Help Look for Dirt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/giuliani-ukraine-oligarchs.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite web|last1=Grey|first1=Stephen |last2=Bergin|first2=Tom|last3=Musaieva|first3=Sevgil|last4=Anin|first4=Roman|date=November 26, 2014|title=SPECIAL REPORT-Putin's allies channelled billions to Ukraine oligarch |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-capitalism-gas-special-report-pix-idUSL3N0TF4QD20141126|work=Reuters|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{Cite magazine|last=Schuster|first=Simon|date=October 15, 2019|title=Exclusive: How a Ukrainian Oligarch Wanted by U.S. Authorities Helped Giuliani Attack Biden|url=https://time.com/5699201/exclusive-how-a-ukrainian-oligarch-wanted-by-u-s-authorities-helped-giuliani-attack-biden/|magazine=Time|access-date=June 13, 2021}} He was involved in efforts by Rudy Giuliani and his associates in seeking information that might damage Biden's 2020 presidential prospects.{{cite web|last=Budryk|first=Zack|date=February 11, 2021|title=Trump DOJ officials sought to block search of Giuliani records: report|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/538393-trump-doj-officials-sought-to-block-search-of-giuliani-records|website=The Hill|access-date=February 11, 2021}}

The United States intelligence community found that Russian intelligence actors have been spreading narratives of alleged corruption about Biden, his family and Ukraine since at least 2014.{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Julian E.|date=March 17, 2021|title=The Intelligence on Russia Was Clear. It Was Not Always Presented That Way.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/politics/russia-elections-trump-intelligence.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections|url=https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/a6467449-338c-4250-9a66-a4c84a6ae05d/note/514be855-5def-4bb0-b5d9-2354027e21d4.#page=1|website=National Intelligence Council|date=March 10, 2021|quote=The primary effort the IC uncovered revolved around a narrative-that Russian actors began spreading as early as 2014-alleging corrupt ties between President Biden, his family, and other US officials and Ukraine.}}

On the day of Biden's inauguration, the Russian government urged the new U.S. administration to take a "more constructive" approach in talks over the extension of the 2010 New START treaty, the sole remaining agreement limiting the number of U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear warheads.{{cite web|title=Russia Urges Biden to Be 'More Constructive' Over Arms Treaty|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/01/20/russia-urges-biden-to-be-more-constructive-over-arms-treaty-a72675|website=The Moscow Times|language=en|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 20, 2021}} In Biden's first telephone call as president with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on January 26, 2021, Biden and Putin agreed to extend the New START treaty (which was set to expire in February 2021) by an additional five years.{{cite web|last=Burns|first=Robert|date=January 27, 2021|title=Renewed US-Russia nuke pact won't fix emerging arms threats |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-nuclear-weapons-north-korea-vladimir-putin-41891565c23d7ff99f5c575080c7ed6a|website=Associated Press|language=en|access-date=January 28, 2021}}

Biden and his administration condemned human rights violations by the Russian authorities, calling for the release of detained dissident and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, his wife, and the thousands of Russians who had demonstrated in his support; the U.S. called for the unconditional release of Navalny and the protestors and a credible investigation into Navalny's poisoning.{{cite web|last1=Leonard|first1=Ben|last2=Larger|first2=Thibault|date=January 23, 2021|title=U.S. condemns Russia's arrests of Navalny protesters|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/23/alexei-navalny-protests-arrests-461606 |website=Politico|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Chalfant|first=Morgan|date=February 4, 2021|title=Biden condemns jailing of Navalny in Russia|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537429-biden-condemns-jailing-of-navalny-in-russia|website=The Hill|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite news|agency=Reuters|date=February 5, 2021|title=Russian opposition leader Navalny back in court as Biden ups pressure on Moscow |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-back-court-biden-ups-pressure-moscow-n1256833|website=NBC News|access-date=June 13, 2021}} On March 2, 2021, the U.S. and European Union imposed coordinated additional sanctions on Russian officials, as well as the FSB and GRU, over the Navalny poisoning and imprisonment. The State Department also expanded existing sanctions from the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act that had been imposed after the poisoning of Skripal.{{cite news|last=Hansler |first=Jennifer|date=March 3, 2021|title=Biden administration unveils raft of sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning and imprisonment|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/politics/biden-russia-sanctions-alexey-navalny/index.html |work=CNN|access-date=March 4, 2021}}

The Biden administration is also planning to impose sanctions against Russia over the 2020 SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign, which compromised the computer systems of nine federal agencies.{{cite news|last=Nakashima|first=Ellen|date=February 23, 2021|title=Biden administration preparing to sanction Russia for SolarWinds hacks and the poisoning of an opposition leader|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-russia-sanctions-solarwinds-hacks/2021/02/23/b77039d6-71fa-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 13, 2021}} Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the response "will include a mix of tools seen and unseen, and it will not simply be sanctions."

The Biden administration's comprehensive review into Russian activities has included an examination of reports that the Russian government offered to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Abigail|last2=De Luce|first2=Dan|last3=Lee|first3=Carol E.|last4=Mitchell|first4=Andrea|date=March 2, 2021|title=U.S., E.U. impose sanctions on Russia over Navalny's poisoning|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-eu-set-impose-sanctions-russia-n1259249|work=NBC News|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Seligman|first=Lara|date=March 1, 2021|title=Duckworth urges Biden admin to release intel on Russian bounties|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/01/tammy-duckworth-biden-russian-bounties-471931|website=Politico|access-date=June 13, 2021}}

On March 16, 2021, a DNI report on the 2020 U.S. federal elections was declassified. It had confirmed that both the governments of Russia and Iran had been attempting to influence the 2020 United States elections, with Putin approving the operation of influencing the elections.{{cite web|last=Tucker|first=Eric|date=March 17, 2021|title=US: Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-iran-moscow-elections-c640ed02202c9d44f0ad186ebd0b3396|website=Associated Press|access-date=March 18, 2021}} Although no evidence was found of any votes, ballots, or registrations being directly changed by foreign actors, the assessment did find that Russian efforts were aimed at "denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the US".{{cite web|last=Dilanian|first=Ken|date=March 16, 2021|title=U.S intelligence agencies: Russia tried to help Trump; China didn't try to help Biden|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/u-s-intel-agencies-say-russia-tried-help-trump-china-n1261234|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2021}} On the following day, Biden commented on the new information in an interview with ABC News that Putin will "pay a price", also labeling Putin a "killer".{{cite web|last=Mangan|first=Dan|date=March 17, 2021|title=Biden believes Putin is a killer, vows Russian leader 'will pay a price' for trying to help Trump win the election|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/biden-says-putin-is-a-killer-will-pay-for-trying-to-help-trump-win-election.html|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Shabad|first=Rebecca|date=March 17, 2021|title=Biden says 'killer' Putin 'will pay a price' for 2020 election interference|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-says-putin-will-pay-price-2020-election-interference-n1261281|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2021}}

Meeting with NATO allies in Brussels two days before his scheduled June 2021 summit meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Biden refuted an assertion by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy that NATO had agreed to admit Ukraine to the alliance. Ukrainian allegiance has been a persistently contentious issue between Russia and the United States.{{cite news|last1=Madhani|first1=Aamer|last2=Lemire|first2=Jonathan|last3=Cook|first3=Lorne|date=June 14, 2021|title=Biden rallies NATO support ahead of confrontation with Putin|url=https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-joe-biden-china-russia-962ddadf219a8ff0412d662163a33d81|work=Associated Press|access-date=June 17, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Wingrove|first=Josh|date=June 14, 2021|title=Biden Says Ukraine Has Work to Do on Corruption to Get Into NATO|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-14/biden-says-ukraine-has-work-to-do-on-corruption-to-get-into-nato|website=Bloomberg News|access-date=June 17, 2021}}

Speaking to American military personnel in Britain en route to the summit, Biden said, "We're not seeking conflict with Russia. We want a stable predictable relationship. I've been clear: the United States will respond in a robust and meaningful way if the Russian government engages in harmful activities." He added he would "meet with Mr. Putin to let him know what I want him to know."{{Cite news|last=Liptak|first=Kevin|date=June 10, 2021|title=Biden warns he'll tell Putin 'what I want him to know' as he defines goals of foreign tour|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/politics/joe-biden-troops-europe-trip/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=June 17, 2021}}

Following the meeting, Biden stated to reporters that he warned Putin that the U.S. would use offensive cyber operations if Russia did not crack down on cyberattacks against "critical infrastructure."{{cite news|last=Matishak|first=Martin|date=June 16, 2021|title=Biden says he told Putin U.S. will hack back against future Russian cyberattacks|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/16/biden-putin-russia-cyberattacks-494888|work=Politico|access-date=June 16, 2021}}

In May 2021, the Biden administration waived sanctions against the Russian-owned Nord Stream 2 pipeline.{{cite news|title=Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline|date=May 20, 2021|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57180674|access-date=2021-05-19}}{{cite news|last1=Chazan|first1=Guy|last2=Manson|first2=Katrina|date=2021-05-20|title=Biden to waive Trump-era sanctions on operator of Russian pipeline|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/22555df1-0b88-4d46-8287-9e0c8f03cc6a|access-date=2021-09-30}} In August 2021, the Biden administration imposed new specific sanctions on a Russian ship (Ostap Sheremeta) and two companies involved in the Nord Stream 2, while issuing an executive order that would allow for sanctions to be imposed on certain pipelines.{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Timothy|date=2021-08-20 |title=U.S. imposes Nord Stream 2 sanctions; opponents say they won't halt project|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-issues-nord-stream-2-related-sanctions-russians-blinken-2021-08-20/|access-date=2021-09-30}}

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The 2021–2022 crisis between Russia and Ukraine, which involved Russian troops build up along the border, resulted in renewed tensions between Russia and NATO. On December 30, 2021, Biden and Putin discussed the crisis over the course of a 50-minute phone call.{{cite web|date=2021-12-30|title=Biden and Putin exchange warnings during phone call amid rising Ukraine tensions|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/30/biden-putin-call-russia-us-ukraine-tensions|access-date=2022-01-10 |website=The Guardian|language=en}} Bilateral talks began in Geneva on January 10, 2022, to discuss concerns about Ukraine and Russia's concern of NATO postering in Eastern Europe.{{cite web|date=2022-01-10 |title=EXPLAINER: Main issues at Russia-US security talks|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-russia-ukraine-geneva-united-states-2654cdd8d85a40bcb4adbe9e50c02b2a|access-date=2022-01-10 |website=AP NEWS|language=en}} The talks were led by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman.{{cite news|date=2021-12-30|title=Senior officials to lead Russia-U.S. security talks in Geneva on January 10|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/senior-officials-lead-russia-us-security-talks-geneva-jan-10-2021-12-30/|access-date=2022-01-02}} Biden warned of a "distinct possibility" Russia would invade Ukraine.{{Cite news |last1=Borger |first1=Julian |last2=Sabbagh |first2=Dan |date=February 11, 2022 |title=US warns of 'distinct possibility' Russia will invade Ukraine within days |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/11/biden-ukraine-us-russian-invasion-winter-olympics |access-date=March 3, 2022}} One week before the invasion, Biden said there was a "very high" risk Russia would invade, and Blinken spoke at a United Nations Security Council meeting, saying he wants to prevent a war,{{cite web |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Secretary of State Blinken at U.N. says he wants to prevent war in Ukraine |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/blinken-united-nations-remarks-russia-ukraine/ |access-date=March 3, 2022 |website=CBS News}} which he believed would start with a manufactured pretext for Russia to invade.{{cite web |last1=Basu |first1=Zachary |last2=Lawler |first2=Dave |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Blinken lays out Putin's playbook for Ukraine invasion at UN hearing |url=https://www.axios.com/blinken-un-security-council-russia-ukraine-8a968f77-0bd5-4a70-a211-017c3d707973.html |access-date=March 3, 2022 |website=Axios}}

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Biden condemned Putin, calling him "the aggressor" and announcing additional sanctions on Russia.{{Cite news |last=Gambino |first=Lauren |date=February 24, 2022 |title='Putin chose this war,' Biden says as he announces new sanctions – US politics as it happened |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/feb/24/biden-ukraine-us-russia-invasion-latest-news-g7-leaders-updates |access-date=March 3, 2022}} On February 25, the White House announced the US would personally sanction Putin and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.{{cite web |last=Cathey |first=Libby |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Biden to order personal sanctions on Putin as Russian forces close in on Kyiv |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-order-personal-sanctions-putin-russian-forces-close/story?id=83111481 |access-date=March 3, 2022 |website=ABC News}} Sanctions on Putin's inner circle were increased in multiple rounds over the following months.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-15 |title=The West has imposed a barrage of sanctions on top Russian figures. See how they're connected to Putin. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/15/putin-inner-circle-russia/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}} On February 28, the Biden administration announced sanctions against Russia's central bank, prohibiting Americans from doing business with the bank and freezing the bank's assets.{{cite web |last=Macias |first=Amanda |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Biden administration expands sanctions against Russia, cutting off U.S. transactions with central bank |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/28/biden-administration-expands-russia-sanctions-cuts-off-us-transactions-with-central-bank.html |access-date=March 3, 2022 |website=CNBC}} Additional sets of sanctions included a ban on Russian oil and gas imports.{{Cite news |last1=Hunnicutt |first1=Trevor |last2=Holland |first2=Steve |date=2022-03-08 |title=Biden bans Russia oil imports to U.S., warns U.S. gasoline prices will rise further |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/biden-announce-ban-russian-oil-tuesday-sources-2022-03-08/ |access-date=2022-05-14}}{{cite web |last=Wilkie |first=Christina |date=2022-04-07 |title=Congress passes ban on Russian oil and gas imports, sending measure to Biden |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/senate-passes-ban-on-russian-oil-and-gas-imports-.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=CNBC |language=en}} On April 6, 2022, the White House said that the U.S., alongside the G7 and EU, had imposed "the most impactful, coordinated, and wide-ranging economic restrictions in history" and that day announced new sanctions in response to the Bucha massacre.{{cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=FACT SHEET: United States, G7 and EU Impose Severe and Immediate Costs on Russia |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/06/fact-sheet-united-states-g7-and-eu-impose-severe-and-immediate-costs-on-russia/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=The White House |language=en-US}} In May, the rest of the G7 also committed to a phase out of Russian oil. The United States blocked various Russian bank entities.{{Cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Jeff |last2=Holland |first2=Steve |date=2022-05-09 |title=G7 to phase out Russian oil, U.S. sanctions Gazprombank execs over Ukraine war |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/biden-meets-with-g7-leaders-ukraines-zelenskiy-discuss-war-2022-05-08/ |access-date=2022-05-14}}

On 27 September 2022, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre encouraged Russian men fleeing their home country to avoid being drafted to apply for asylum in the United States.{{cite news |title=The White House told Russians to flee here instead of fighting Ukraine. Then the U.S. tried to deport them |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-17/russian-conscripts-asylum-biden-putin |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 17, 2023}} In early 2023, the Biden administration resumed deportations of Russians who had fled Russia to avoid mobilization in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and political persecution.{{cite news |title=Biden administration quietly resumes deportations to Russia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/18/biden-administration-russia-deportations |work=The Guardian |date=18 March 2023}}

In October 2023, Biden asked Congress for $61 billion in funding for Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |title=Biden asks Congress for $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, U.S. border |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/10/20/biden-budget-request-ukraine-israel-border |work=Axios |date=Oct 20, 2023}} Biden signed a record $886 billion defense spending bill into law on December 22, 2023.{{cite news |title=Biden signs record $886 billion defense bill into law |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/12/23/biden-billions-defense-israel-ukraine-ndaa |work=Axios |date=December 23, 2023}}{{cite news |title=Biden signs defense policy bill, extending controversial spying program |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/22/biden-defense-bill-spying-program-00133124 |work=Politico |date=December 22, 2023}}

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On 28 June 2022, following a meeting of US president Joe Biden with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez in La Moncloa, both leaders issued a joint declaration to enhance the relations between both countries (updating the 2001 previous joint declaration signed by Josep Piqué and Madeleine Albright), which included an agreement on increasing the number of US warships in Rota and on the importance of permanent cooperation between both countries in response to the challenges of irregular immigration in North Africa.{{Cite web|date=28 June 2022|first=Juan Carlos|last=Merino|title=Sánchez sella la primera declaración conjunta con EE.UU. en veinte años y Biden celebra que España es "un aliado indispensable"|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20220628/8372419/sanchez-sella-primera-declaracion-conjunta-ee-uu-veinte-anos-biden-celebra-espana-aliado-indispensable.html|website=La Vanguardia}}{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-06-28/biden-pedira-a-sanchez-ampliar-en-un-50-los-destructores-en-la-base-de-rota.html|website=El País|title=Biden y Sánchez pactan ampliar en un 50% los destructores en la base de Rota|date=28 June 2022|first1=Carlos E.|last1=Cué|first2=Miguel|last2=González}}

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During the Cold War, Sweden did not join NATO and maintained a neutral status between the Western and Eastern Bloc, although its democratic and mixed capitalist approach was generally more in tune with the West and the United States. After the end of the Vietnam War, which was deeply unpopular in Sweden, relations between the two countries improved. The two countries have been largely friendly, and the United States supported Sweden's NATO membership. Under a comprehensive mandate, Sweden's nonalignment policy has led it to serve as the protecting power for the United States and to represent Washington in North Korea on consular matters.{{cite web|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Pyongyang/About-us/About-the-Embassy/|title=About the Embassy|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, Pyongyang|quote=In particular, Sweden functions as Protective Power for the United States ... including consular responsibility for citizens.|access-date=March 16, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423224219/https://www.swedenabroad.se/en-GB/Embassies/Pyongyang/About-us/About-the-Embassy/|url-status=dead}} On 3 August 2022, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved Finland and Sweden's accession bids to join NATO.{{cite news |title=Senate votes to approve NATO membership for Sweden and Finland|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/03/senate-nato-sweden-finland/ |work=The Washington Post |date=3 August 2022}} President Biden approved the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden in August 2022.{{cite news |title=Biden signs ratification documents approving NATO membership for Finland and Sweden |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/biden-to-ratify-finland-and-swedens-nato-membership-bids.html |work=CNBC |date=9 August 2022}}

Sweden's accession into NATO was finalized on 7 March 2024.{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Christian Edwards, Radina Gigova, Jennifer Hansler, Mariya |date=2024-03-07 |title=Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming alliance's 32nd member |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/europe/sweden-join-nato-official-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=CNN |language=en}} The United States has observer status with the regional BEAC and CBSS.

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Biden pledged support for the sovereignty of Ukraine. Biden also opposed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, describing it as a "bad deal for Europe". The pipeline project was criticized for the leverage it would have given to Russia in isolating Ukraine,{{cite news|last=Forrest|first=Brett|date=2021-02-16|title=Biden Administration Reviews Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-reviews-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline-11613476815|access-date=2021-03-04 |issn=0099-9660}} In 2021, a joint statement of the Ukrainian and Polish governments urged Biden to take more decisive action against Nord Stream 2.{{cite web|last=Swan |first=Jonathan |date=February 23, 2021|title=Russia's enemies fear Biden won't fight to stop Putin's Nord Stream 2 pipeline|url=https://www.axios.com/biden-putin-russia-nord-stream-pipeline-842f5dc5-eb35-42ee-b2e2-6ce7fbb11f74.html |website=Axios |language=en|access-date=March 4, 2021}} During the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Biden imposed sanctions on Nord Stream 2 in retaliation against Russian troop build ups in February 2022.{{Cite news |last=Greve |first=Joan E. |date=2022-02-23 |title=Biden imposes sanctions on company behind Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – as it happened |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/feb/23/biden-ukraine-russia-crisis-putin-trump-republicans-politics-latest-live |access-date=2022-03-04 |issn=0261-3077}}

Previously in March 2021, the Biden administration announced a $125 million military aid package to Ukraine, including Mark VI patrol boats, radars and medical equipment.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=March 2, 2021|title=Biden administration announces $125M military aid package for Ukraine|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-administration-announces-125m-military-aid-package-ukraine-n1259254|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=March 3, 2021}} On September 1, 2021, President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in the White House and discussed Euro-Atlantic cooperation. Various agreements were announced by the Biden administration. An additional $60 million in U.S. aid to Ukraine was announced, bringing the yearly total to over $400 million. Ukraine and the U.S. made a joint statement on strategic cooperation.{{cite news|title=Ukraine's Zelenskiy Gets His White House Meeting. Was It Enough?|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskiy-biden-disappointed/31440582.html|access-date=2021-09-04|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=September 2, 2021 |last1=Prince |first1=Todd }} President Biden stated, "We're revitalizing the Strategic Partnership Commission between our nations." and promised to continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine following the 2.5 million sent.{{cite web|date=2021-09-01 |title=Remarks by President Biden and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Before Bilateral Meeting|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/09/01/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-before-bilateral-meeting/|access-date=2021-09-04 |website=The White House|language=en-US}} The joint statement includes points such as "The United States and Ukraine continue to oppose Nord Stream 2, which we view as a threat to European energy security", endorsed the Normandy Format, and announced cooperation on cybersecurity, satellite awareness and R&D.{{cite web|date=2021-09-01|title=Joint Statement on the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/01/joint-statement-on-the-u-s-ukraine-strategic-partnership/|access-date=2021-09-04 |website=The White House|language=en-US}}

Leading up to the Russian invasion, Biden repeatedly held up military aid to Ukraine, drawing frustration from Congress and the Ukrainian government. A $100 million aid package was held up in June 2021 and a $200 million package was held up in December 2021.{{cite web|date=June 18, 2021|title=White House freezes Ukraine military package that includes lethal weapons |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/white-house-ukraine-military-lethal-weapons-495169 |website=Politico|language=en-US}}{{cite web|date=December 10, 2021|title=Despite appeals from Ukraine, Biden admin holds back additional military aid to Kyiv amid diplomatic push |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/appeals-ukraine-biden-admin-holds-back-additional-military-aid-kyiv-di-rcna8421 |website=NBC News|language=en-US}}{{cite web|date=December 16, 2021|title=White House Delays Moving Military Assistance to Ukraine |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/16/us-ukraine-russia-military-support-congress-biden-delay-aid/ |website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US}} Biden also publicly announced that his response would vary in the event of a "minor incursion" from Russia, instead of a larger invasion, harming Ukrainian confidence in the Biden administration.{{cite book |last= Ward |first= Alexander |date= 2024|title= The Internationalists|publisher= Penguin Random House |pages = 241–242 |isbn= 9780593539071}}{{cite web |date= January 20, 2022|title= 'There are no minor incursions': Ukrainian president rebukes Biden over remarks on Russian invasion|url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/20/ukrainian-president-rebukes-biden-over-russia-minor-incursion-remark/6590573001/ |work = USA Today}}

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Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Biden supported defensive and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. In March 2022, Biden supported the international response against Russia and pledged to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.{{Cite news |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Stevis-Gridneff |first2=Matina |date=2022-03-24 |title=Biden and his allies vow to take a tougher stance; Ukraine counteroffensive enters its second week |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/world/europe/biden-europe-russia-putin-ukraine.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |issn=0362-4331}} In May, he signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022{{cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=Biden signs Ukraine bill, seeks $40B aid, in Putin rejoinder |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-eastern-europe-congress-3bb64d255cfef354947bf10be33b99a4 |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} and a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine.{{cite web |date=May 21, 2022 |title=Biden signs $40 billion aid package for Ukraine during trip to Asia |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/21/biden-signs-40-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine-during-trip-to-asia.html |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=CNBC}} From July, the Biden administration supplied HIMARS to Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=Detsch |first=Jack |title=Ukraine Is Bringing a Big Gun to a Knife Fight |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/13/ukraine-himars-ammunition-russia-us/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Foreign Policy |date=July 13, 2022 |language=en-US}} On August 1, the State Department announced $550 million in security aid to Ukraine focused on supplies for HIMARS systems.{{Cite web |last=Kyiv |first=U. S. Embassy |date=2022-08-02 |title=Biden-Harris Administration Announces $550 Million in New U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine |url=https://ua.usembassy.gov/biden-harris-administration-announces-550-million-in-new-u-s-military-assistance-for-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=U.S. Embassy in Ukraine |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Idrees |last2=Stone |first2=Mike |last3=Ali |first3=Idrees |date=2022-08-06 |title=Exclusive: U.S. readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-us-readies-new-1-billion-ukraine-weapons-package-2022-08-05/ |access-date=2022-08-19}} On July 6, 2023, President Biden approved the provision of cluster munitions to Ukraine.{{cite news |title=Controversy surrounds US decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine |url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4085887-ukraine-russia-us-cluster-munitions-controversy/ |work=The Hill |date=July 7, 2023}} In 2022, Congress approved more than $112 billion in aid to Ukraine. In October 2023, the Biden administration requested $61.4 billion more for Ukraine for the year ahead.{{cite news |title=The White House is asking for almost $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and the border |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1206301577/biden-ukraine-israel-congress-funding-request |work=NPR |date=October 26, 2023}}

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The Biden administration has repeatedly opposed Ukraine utilizing US-provided equipment against military targets within Russia, citing concerns about escalation.{{cite news |title='What's the Problem?' Zelensky Challenges West Over Hesitations. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-interview.html|website = The New York Times |date=May 21, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Ukraine's Allies Push Back on Striking Targets in Russia |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-31/ukraine-s-allies-push-back-on-striking-targets-in-russia|website = Bloomberg |date=May 31, 2023}}{{cite news |title=US says it does not support Ukrainian strikes inside Russia |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-it-does-not-support-ukrainian-strikes-inside-russia-2023-08-23/|website = Reuters |date=August 22, 2023}}{{cite news |title=U.S. distances itself from pro-Ukraine incursion into Russia that involved American military vehicles |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-humvees-incursion-belgorod-russia-ukraine-attack-rcna85946|website = NBC News |date=May 24, 2023}} Deliveries of long-range ATACMS missiles were blocked for over a year due to US concerns about potential Ukrainian strikes across the Russian border, and were only allowed on the condition that they never be used to hit targets within Russia.{{cite news |title=Why the US declined to send Ukraine long-range missiles, tanks |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221222-why-the-us-declined-to-send-ukraine-long-range-missiles-tanks|website = France24 |date=December 22, 2022}}{{cite news |title=What to know about the long-range missiles the U.S. quietly gave Ukraine |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/04/24/us-long-range-missiles-atacms-ukraine-wars|website = Axios |date=April 24, 2024}} The US has also refused to provide military intelligence to aid Ukraine in cross-border strikes.{{cite news |title = Ukraine Asks for U.S. Help in Striking Targets Inside Russia |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-asks-for-u-s-help-in-striking-targets-inside-russia-c1aeac22 |website = The Wall Street Journal |date=May 17, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Ukraine Asks U.S. to Provide More Intelligence on Targets in Russia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/politics/ukraine-intelligence-russia-targets.html |website = The New York Times |date=May 17, 2024}} After Ukraine struck targets inside Russia using its own drones, US officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, urged Ukraine to cease the attacks.{{cite news |title = US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries |url=https://www.ft.com/content/98f15b60-bc4d-4d3c-9e57-cbdde122ac0c |website = Financial Times |date=March 22, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries deepen tensions with U.S. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/15/ukraine-russia-oil-refinery-attacks/ |newspaper = The Washington Post |date=April 15, 2024}} Ukraine has criticized the restrictions on utilizing western-provided weapons against targets in Russian territory, with Zelenskyy saying that it was Russia's "biggest advantage" in the war.{{cite news |title=Can Ukraine attack inside Russia? Kyiv wants US to say yes. |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2024/0520/ukraine-russia-war-ammunitions-kharkiv |website=Christian Science Monitor |date=May 20, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Zelensky Slams Ban On Using Western Arms To Strike Russia: AFP |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/zelensky-slams-ban-on-using-western-arms-to-strike-russia-afp-2269b1c2|website = Barron's |date=May 17, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Zelenskyy warns Russia could step up offensive: AFP interview AFP |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/zelenskyy-warns-russia-could-step-up-offensive-afp-interview-/7617270.html |website = Voice of America |date=May 18, 2024}} Russia has utilized the restrictions on weapons usage to create safe zones for its military equipment and personnel just outside of Ukraine's borders. The restrictions have also been used by Russia to safely launch airstrikes, drone attacks, and missile strikes across its border with Ukraine, as well as its 2024 Kharkiv offensive.{{cite web |title = Putin's Safe Space: Defeating Russia's Kharkiv Operation Requires Eliminating Russia's Sanctuary |url=https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Putin%27s%20Safe%20Space%20PDF.pdf |website = Institute for the Study of War |date=May 13, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Ukraine presses Biden to lift ban on using US weapons to strike Russia |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/14/ukraine-weapons-russia-00157970 |website = Politico |date=May 14, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Ukraine has U.S. weapons it can't use in Russian territory. Will that change? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-us-weapons-russia-kharkiv-1.7206652 |website = CBC |date=May 18, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Austin says 'expectation' is Ukraine won't use US weapons outside its territory, despite Russian advance |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/austin-expectation-ukraine-wont-us-weapons-territory-despite-russian-advance/story?id=110400530 |website = ABC News |date=May 20, 2024}} Ukrainian requests for exemptions to weapons restrictions have repeatedly been turned down. In June 2024, Ukraine missed an opportunity to destroy multiple Russian SU-34 fighter bombers near their border after a White House denial. In July, the Biden administration blocked a Ukrainian request to strike missile launch sites responsible for partially destroying a children's hospital in Kyiv.{{cite news |title = Ukraine Might Breathe a Sigh of Relief — Whether Trump or Harris Wins |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/04/trump-harris-ukraine-2024-00172279 |website = Politico |date=August 4, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Ukraine Had A Chance To Blow Up Russia's Best Warplanes On The Tarmac. The White House Said No—And Now It's Too Late. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/08/05/ukraine-had-a-chance-to-blow-up-russias-best-warplanes-on-the-tarmac-the-white-house-said-no-and-now-its-too-late/ |website = Forbes |date=August 5, 2024}}

In addition to restrictions on provided weaponry, the Biden administration has also blocked or delayed deliveries of weapons systems altogether due to fears of escalation. Shortly before the 2022 invasion, the Biden administration blocked deliveries of Stinger and Javelin missiles, including attempted deliveries from Baltic allies.{{cite news |title = Biden's Soft Underbelly on Ukraine |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/12/biden-ukraine-support-putin-armageddon/ |website = Foreign Policy |date=October 12, 2022}} Ukraine requested F-16 fighters from the US since 2022, only receiving them in July 2024 after prior denials from the Biden administration.{{cite news |title = Ukraine renews requests for F-16s and other jet fighters from allies |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-715788 |website = Jpost |date=August 29, 2022}}{{cite news |title = Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP |url=https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-f16-jets-russia-missile-98fab7aa19e093bf8df3de015bc9006a |website = Associated Press |date=July 31, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Biden's shift on F-16s for Ukraine came after months of internal debate |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-ukraine-f16-decision-russia-64538af7c10489d7c2243dadbad31008 |website = Associated Press |date=August 25, 2023}} The US has also blocked Poland from donating its own MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine over escalation fears.{{cite news |title = Biden admin rules out transfer of Polish fighter jets to Ukraine |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-admin-rules-transfer-polish-fighter-jets-ukraine-rcna19398 |website = NBC |date=March 9, 2022}} The Biden administration initially refused to send HIMARS to Ukraine, before allowing them after modifications were made to prevent any strikes against Russia itself.{{cite news |title = U.S. Altered Himars Rocket Launchers to Keep Ukraine From Firing Missiles Into Russia |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-altered-himars-rocket-launchers-to-keep-ukraine-from-firing-missiles-into-russia-11670214338 |website = The Wall Street Journal |date=December 5, 2022}}{{cite news |title = Biden resists Ukrainian demands for long-range rocket launchers |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/18/biden-resists-ukrainian-demands-long-range-rocket-launchers-00033473 |website = Politico |date= May 18, 2022}} Other weapons systems that were blocked or delayed for Ukraine included Patriot surface-to-air missiles, M1 Abrams tanks, and Gray Eagle drones.{{cite news |title = U.S. Refuses Advanced Drones for Ukraine to Avoid Escalation With Russia |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-wont-give-ukraine-advanced-drones-to-avoid-escalation-with-russia-11668042100 |website = The Wall Street Journal |date=November 9, 2022}}{{cite news |title = The Biden Administration's Slow Yes Has Doomed Ukraine |url=https://time.com/6548816/ukraine-biden-administration-military-aid/ |website = Time Magazine |date=December 18, 2023}}{{cite news |title = EXPLAINER: US weapons systems Ukraine will or won't get |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-lloyd-austin-government-and-politics-b7d48caead3838e6621c1a4b0a0bcbb7 |website = Associated Press |date= October 13, 2022}} Ukrainian officials have criticized the halting pace of weapons deliveries as contributing to battlefield losses.{{cite news |title=Pentagon defends pace of weapon shipments as Ukraine worries it's too late |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/pentagon-ukraine-weapon-shipments-00150639 |website=Politico |date=April 4, 2024}}

In 2022, Biden told Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Austin to tone down their rhetoric after stating that the US would like to see a Ukrainian victory in its war with Russia.{{cite news |title=Biden told Austin, Blinken to tone down remarks supporting Ukraine: report |url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3525893-biden-told-austin-blinken-to-tone-down-remarks-supporting-ukraine-report/ |website=The Hill |date=June 19, 2022}} Multiple foreign policy analysts have questioned whether Biden wishes to see Ukraine victorious, noting Biden's repeated limitations on aid sent to Ukraine's military and his ambiguous aims in the conflict.{{cite news |title = Does America Want Ukraine to Defeat Russia? It Doesn’t Look That Way. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/18/america-ukraine-russia-biden-00179657 |website=Politico |date=September 18, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Does Biden Want Ukraine to Win? |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-biden-want-ukraine-to-win-deal-russia-war-crimea-military-aid-630dbe60 |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 1, 2024}}{{cite news |title=What Does America Want in Ukraine? |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/09/america-ukraine-forever-war-congress-aid/ |website=Foreign Policy |date=May 9, 2024}}{{cite news |title = Ukraine, Gaza: Joe Biden's foreign policy is mired in contradictions |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/04/20/ukraine-gaza-joe-biden-s-foreign-policy-is-mired-in-contradictions_6669011_4.html |website=Le Monde |date=April 20, 2024}}

In December 2024, President Zelenskyy resisted pressure from the Biden administration to lower the conscription age to 18 to replace Ukraine's battlefield losses.{{cite news |title=Zelenskky resists US pressure to draft 18-year-olds to solve Ukraine's soldier shortage |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-zelenskky-us-pressure-draft-18-year-old-manpower-shortage-2024-12 |work=Business Insider |date=10 December 2024}}

{{Main|United Kingdom–United States relations#Biden administration 2021–2025}}

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On January 23, 2021, Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a phone call.{{cite journal|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/23/readout-of-president-joe-biden-call-with-prime-minister-boris-johnson-of-the-united-kingdom/|title=Readout of President Joseph R. Biden Call with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom|date=January 23, 2021|journal=The White House}}{{cite news |title=UK's Johnson says he looks forward to working with Biden on shared goals |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-britain-johnson-idUSKBN29S0OI |access-date=January 23, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=January 23, 2021}} With the U.K. assuming control over its trade policy after the completion of Brexit and the withdrawal from the European Economic Area, Johnson pushed Biden for a new trade deal that would unite a global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Biden administration signaled that it is unlikely to push for a U.K.-U.S. free trade agreement (a major priority for Johnson) early on in Biden's term, as Biden has expressed a desire for the U.S. to make "major investments in American workers and our infrastructure" before entering into new free trade agreements.{{cite news|last=Madhani|first=Aamer|date=January 23, 2021|title=Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-global-trade-health-coronavirus-pandemic-jen-psaki-332faf002eb52c7db6429704b7c8ff9b|work=Associated Press|access-date=January 23, 2021}}

On June 13, 2021, President and Mrs. Biden met with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle while on their visit to the U.K. for the G7 Summit. The visit included a Guard of Honour and afternoon tea with the Queen.{{cite news|last=Morton|first=Becky|date=June 13, 2021|title=Queen meets Joe Biden at Windsor Castle|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57461257|work=BBC News|access-date=June 13, 2021}} After the meeting, Biden said that the Queen was "very generous" and he told reporters that "she reminded me of my mother".{{cite news|date=June 13, 2021|title=Biden says: Queen Elizabeth reminded me of my mother |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/biden-says-queen-elizabeth-reminded-me-my-mother-2021-06-13/|work=Reuters|access-date=June 13, 2021}} Biden also revealed that during their meeting, the Queen asked about Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.{{cite web|last1=Sabbagh|first1=Dan|last2=Morris|first2=Steven|date=June 13, 2021|title=Biden reveals Queen asked about Putin and Xi during tea at Windsor Castle|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/13/queen-hosts-joe-biden-for-tea-at-windsor-castle|website=The Guardian|access-date=June 13, 2021}}

On July 10, 2023, President Biden visited the UK, holding meetings with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles III. Discussions centered around climate change and strengthening NATO, while controversy arose over the US decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, which are banned in many NATO countries.{{Cite news |date=2023-07-13 |title= US President Joe Biden arrives in UK for talks ahead of the NATO summit |language=en |work=Euro news |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/10/us-president-joe-biden-arrives-in-uk-for-talks-ahead-of-the-nato-summit |access-date=2023-07-13}}

On June 10, 2021, Biden and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued the New Atlantic Charter while in Cornwall, England.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/europe/biden-johnson-atlantic-charter.html|title=Eighty Years Later, Biden and Johnson Revise the Atlantic Charter for a New Era|first1=David E.|last1=Sanger|first2=Michael D.|last2=Shear|work=New York Times|date=June 10, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021}} The Charter has been described as a "revitalized" version of the original Atlantic Charter which was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill eighty years prior. A statement issued by the White House described the New Atlantic Charter as aimed to meet the "new challenges of the 21st century," while also "building on the commitments and aspirations set out eighty years ago."{{cite news|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/10/the-new-atlantic-charter/|title=The New Atlantic Charter|publisher=The White House|date=June 10, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021}}

Biden has routinely iterated his commitment to maintaining peace in Northern Ireland by resisting the possibility of a hard border as a result of Brexit. When asked by The Irish Times in March 2021 about comments made by Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney that the U.K. "cannot be trusted" on the Northern Ireland protocol, White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated that "President Biden has been unequivocal about his support for the Good Friday Agreement". As part of his own Irish-American heritage, Psaki stated that Biden "has a special place in his heart for the Irish" underpinning his commitment to Northern Ireland's peace.{{cite news|last1=Lynch|first1=Suzanne|last2=McClements|first2=Freya|last3=Clark|first3=Vivienne|date=March 4, 2021|title=Biden 'unequivocal' about Belfast Agreement support as Dublin and London row over NI protocol|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/biden-unequivocal-about-belfast-agreement-support-as-dublin-and-london-row-over-ni-protocol-1.4500990|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=March 7, 2021}}

On April 11, 2023, Biden visited Belfast where he gave a speech to students at the new Ulster University campus there, and met with the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to discuss continuing the Good Friday Agreement on its 25th anniversary, and improving U.K.–U.S. economic relations.{{cite web | last=Scott | first=Sarah | title=Details on Joe Biden's Belfast visit as NI prepares to welcome President | website=BelfastLive | date=April 10, 2023 | url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/joe-biden-belfast-visit-details-26661937 | access-date=April 12, 2023}}

{{Main|United States foreign policy toward the People's Republic of China}}

{{See also|China–United States relations#Biden administration (2021–2025)|One-China policy|Taiwan–United States relations}}

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Biden has largely continued the China policies of his predecessor Donald Trump.{{Cite book |last=Roach |first=Stephen S. |url= |title=Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives |date=2022 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-26901-7 |location=New Haven |doi=10.12987/9780300269017 |jstor=j.ctv2z0vv2v |oclc=1347023475 |author-link=Stephen S. Roach}}{{Rp|page=148}} Biden has criticized the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for being "deeply authoritarian", stealing "over 1 million" manufacturing jobs from Americans,{{cite news|last1=Biden|first1=Joe|date=November 8, 2018|title=Geography can shape opportunity. Joe Biden wants to change that|publisher=Biden Forum|url=https://bidenforum.org/geography-can-shape-opportunity-joe-biden-wants-to-change-that-1617d07f02c6|access-date=January 21, 2021}} breaking international trade regulations, unfairly subsidizing Chinese corporations, and stealing intellectual property from U.S. firms and discriminating against them. Tariffs imposed by Trump on the PRC will remain in place.{{cite news|last=Best|first=Paul|date=January 21, 2021|title=Yellen leaves door open to keep China tariffs - for now - but says US needs to work with allies|work=Fox Business|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/yellen-leaves-door-open-to-keeping-china-tariffs-but-says-america-needs-to-work-with-allies|access-date=January 22, 2021}} Biden said he had spent more time in private meetings with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping than any other world leader.{{cite web|title=Foreign Affairs Issue Launch with Former Vice President Joe Biden|url=https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden|access-date=June 16, 2019|website=Council on Foreign Relations|language=en}} He has criticized Xi as "a guy who doesn't have a democratic bone in his body. This is a guy who is a thug."{{cite news|last1=Myers|first1=Steven Lee|last2=Hernández|first2=Javier C.|date=September 22, 2020|title=In Biden, China Sees an 'Old Friend' and Possible Foe|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/world/asia/biden-china-election-trump.html|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Yang|first=Kuang-shun|date=March 6, 2020|title=Joe Biden's Record on China and Taiwan|work=The Diplomat|url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/joe-bidens-record-on-china-and-taiwan/|access-date=June 13, 2021}} Janet Yellen said the administration would use the United States' "full array of tools" against "abusive" PRC practices.{{cite news|last=Fang|first=Alex|date=January 20, 2021|title=Yellen vows 'full array of tools' to curb China's abusive practices|work=Nikkei Asia|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/US-China-tensions/Yellen-vows-full-array-of-tools-to-curb-China-s-abusive-practices|access-date=January 22, 2021}} Antony Blinken, crediting the Trump administration's hawkish approach,{{Cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Julian E.|last2=Jakes|first2=Lara|last3=Steinhauer|first3=Jennifer|date=January 20, 2021|title=In Confirmation Hearings, Biden Aides Indicate Tough Approach on China|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/avril-haines-antony-blinken-lloyd-austin.html|access-date=January 20, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} characterized the PRC as a "techno-autocracy" which seeks world dominance. Blinken indicated a desire to welcome political refugees from Hong Kong. Furthermore, he stated that the Biden administration's commitment to Taiwan's defense would "absolutely endure", and that a PRC attack on Taiwan "would be a grievous mistake on their part".{{Cite news |last=Fromer|first=Jacob|date=January 20, 2021|title=Top US diplomat nominee says Trump's China approach was right, tactics wrong|language=en|work=South China Morning Post |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3118412/antony-blinken-next-us-secretary-state-says-trumps-tough|access-date=January 20, 2021}} The representative of Taiwan in the United States Hsiao Bi-khim (the country's de facto ambassador) was invited to attend Biden's presidential inauguration, becoming the first Taiwanese representative to attend a U.S. presidential ceremony.{{Cite news|last=Blanchard|first=Ben|date=January 20, 2021|title=Taiwan-Biden ties off to strong start with invite for top diplomat|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-taiwan-idUSKBN29Q01N|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121011041/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-taiwan-idUSKBN29Q01N|archive-date=January 21, 2021}}{{Cite news|last1=Sevastopulo|first1=Demetri|last2=Hille|first2=Kathrin|date=January 24, 2021|title=US warns Beijing over incursion into Taiwanese air defence zone|newspaper=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/f9742809-de59-40dc-b062-a221ffe01b41|access-date=June 13, 2021}} Taiwan is one of the main flashpoints in U.S.-China conflicts.{{Cite news |date=2024-01-10 |title=How an election-packed 2024 could swing India, US & other world markets |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/how-an-election-packed-2024-could-swing-world-markets/articleshow/106696848.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}

In late February 2021, Biden ordered the government to undertake a 100-day supply chain review, examining sourcing vulnerabilities for key components (such as semiconductors, rare earth minerals, and certain batteries) used in important goods (such as computers, electric vehicles, pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment, and military equipment), including vulnerabilities from "strategic competitor nations." Biden stated that the review would assess how to avoid having the U.S. "rely on a foreign country, especially one that doesn't share our interests or our values, in order to protect and provide for our people during a national emergency." The review was part of a broader competition between the U.S. and China for global economic influence.{{cite web |last=Megerian |first=Chris |date=February 24, 2021 |title=With computer chips scarce, Biden orders supply chain review |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-24/biden-to-order-review-of-critical-u-s-supply-chains |access-date=June 13, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite news |last=Lynch |first=David J. |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Biden orders sweeping review of U.S. supply chain weak spots |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/24/biden-supply-chain/ |access-date=June 13, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Western commentators on U.S.–China relations, along with United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, have noted that industrial policy measures signed by Biden in the summer of 2022, such as the CHIPS and Science Act and Inflation Reduction Act, were influenced in part by desire to protect American interests in case of Chinese attacks on Taiwan, and to promote economic competition with China.{{cite journal |last=Mazzocco |first=Ilaria |date=August 25, 2022 |title=Why the New Climate Bill Is Also about Competition with China |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/why-new-climate-bill-also-about-competition-china |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Center for Strategic International Studies}}

Some geoeconomics experts see an acceleration of the US–China rivalry as "inevitable" given the tensions manifested openly in the last months of 2022 and early 2023. In a series of interviews with BBC News and Asharq News, Nicolas Firzli, director of the EU ASEAN Centre, argued that "Cold War 2 with China [was] part of the Biden Doctrine, and the only remaining point of convergence between Biden and a Republican–dominated Congress [...] January 2023 is the moment when things crystalized irreversibly".Nicolas Firzli: [https://now.asharq.com/program/5/الرابط/1547258/هل-تحركات-واشنطن-كافية-للحد-من-سيطرة-الصين-على-قطاع-التكنولوجيا-المتقدمة "Interview of Nicolas Firzli & Joseph A. Bosco: China and Tech Supremacy”], Asharq News with Bloomberg, 12 January 2023

In an April 2023 speech delivered at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said of US-China economic relations: "The United States will assert ourselves when our vital interests are at stake. But we do not seek to 'decouple' our economy from China's. A full separation of our economies would be disastrous for both countries. It would be destabilizing for the rest of the world. Rather, we know that the health of the Chinese and U.S. economies is closely linked. A growing China that plays by the rules can be beneficial for the United States. For instance, it can mean rising demand for U.S. products and services and more dynamic U.S. industries."{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the U.S. - China Economic Relationship at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1425 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201080658/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1425 |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}

In a December 2023 speech delivered at the US-China Business Council marking its 50th anniversary, Yellen reiterated: "I and other U.S. officials have repeatedly stated that the United States does not seek to decouple from China. This would be damaging to both our economies and would have negative global repercussions."{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215145531/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1994 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}

In May 2024, President Biden directed a series of tariff increases on Chinese imports to counteract "unfair trade practices", effective over the next few years. Starting in 2024, tariffs on steel and aluminum will rise from 0–7.5% to 25%. Similarly, tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes and lithium-ion EV batteries will increase to 25%, and for solar cells, the rate will jump to 50%. The tariff on electric vehicles will see a significant rise to 100%. By 2025, semiconductor tariffs will escalate from 25% to 50%. Additional increases will occur in 2026, including tariffs on non-EV lithium-ion batteries and critical minerals like natural graphite and permanent magnets, all set to rise to 25%. Furthermore, medical products such as syringes and needles will see an increase to 50%, and rubber medical gloves will rise to 25% by 2026, alongside other personal protective equipment increasing to 25% in 2024. These adjustments are aimed at protecting American industries from China's competitive economic practices.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2024-05-14 |title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China's Unfair Trade Practices |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

On January 20, 2021, around the time of the inauguration of Biden, the PRC government announced sanctions against Mike Pompeo and 27 other former officials who worked under the Trump presidency. A spokesperson for Biden's National Security Council called the sanctions "unproductive and cynical."{{cite web |last=Martina |first=Michael |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Biden administration calls China sanctions on Trump officials 'unproductive and cynical' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-idUSKBN29Q09B |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=Reuters}} This occurred after Pompeo, who was Secretary of State under Donald Trump, formally declared that China is committing a genocide against the Uyghurs, which the Biden campaign had previously said half a year prior in a statement in August 2020.{{cite news |last=Chandler |first=Clay |date=January 20, 2021 |title=When it comes to China, Team Biden sounds a lot like Team Trump |url=https://fortune.com/2021/01/20/biden-china-team-policy-trump/ |access-date=January 22, 2021 |website=Fortune}} During his nomination hearing, Blinken endorsed Pompeo's report that China is committing a genocide against Uyghur Muslims, reaffirming the Biden campaign's stance.{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Brittany |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Incoming Secretary of State Backs Pompeo's Uyghur Genocide Designation |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/incoming-secretary-of-state-backs-pompeos-uyghur-genocide-designation/ |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=National Review}}

The first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China were held in Anchorage, Alaska on March 19, 2021. Participants included secretary of state Tony Blinken and national security advisor Jake Sullivan from the U.S. side, and the Chinese Communist Party Politburo member and highest-ranking diplomat Yang Jiechi and foreign minister Wang Yi from the Chinese side. The public meeting was contentious, with Blinken and Sullivan raising questions on China's human rights records, cyberattacks, its threats against Taiwan, its crackdown in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and other issues of U.S. interest. Yang and Wang countered by saying that the U.S. "did not speak to China from a position of strength", "did not serve as a model to others", and that "China's rise was unstoppable".{{cite web |last=Mauldin |first=William |date=March 19, 2021 |title=Bitter Alaska Meeting Complicates Already Shaky U.S.-China Ties |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitter-alaska-meeting-complicates-already-shaky-u-s-china-ties-11616185669 |access-date=March 20, 2021 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news |date=March 19, 2021 |title=US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56452471 |access-date=March 20, 2021 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} Yang further accused the U.S. of "inciting other countries to attack China" to which Sullivan responded by saying Washington would always support its allies.{{cite web |date=March 19, 2021 |title=US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56452471 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{cite news |last1=Gaouette |first1=Nicole |last2=Hansler |first2=Jennifer |last3=Atwood |first3=Kylie |date=March 19, 2021 |title=Blinken and Sullivan finish 'tough and direct' talks with Chinese officials |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/politics/biden-blinken-china-tussle/index.html |access-date=June 13, 2021 |website=CNN}} In the week ahead of the talks, the administration met with U.S. allies in Asia and imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials.

In April 2021, it was reported that the Biden administration was rallying U.S. allies in consideration of a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The U.S. Department of State denied the report, asserting that "Our position on the 2022 Olympics has not changed. We have not discussed and are not discussing any joint boycott with allies and partners".{{cite web |last=Macias |first=Amanda |date=April 6, 2021 |title=U.S. considering joining boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics, State Department says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/06/us-considering-joining-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympics.html |access-date=April 6, 2021 |work=CNBC}}

At their annual meeting on June 13, 2021, leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) democracies sharply criticized China for a series of abuses. The G7 nations—the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan—had been hesitant about acting separately. Pressured by Biden, they unanimously agreed on a sharp criticism, followed the next day by a similar, strong unanimous attack by NATO members. The criticisms focused on the mistreatment of the Muslim Uyghur minority, the systematic destruction of democracy in Hong Kong, repeated military threats against Taiwan, unfair trade practices, and lack of transparency regarding the origins of COVID-19. China has rejected all criticism of what it considers to be strictly internal policy matters. On the other hand, the constellation of critics is essential to the Chinese economy in terms of jobs, investments and purchases of its huge quantity of exports.{{Clarify|reason=Unclear final sentence, "constellation of critics" on which Chinese economy depends|date=August 2024}}Stuart Lao, "U.S. and Europe converge on historic rebuke of China: For the first time ever, G7 leaders mentioned Taiwan and the need to eradicate forced labor." [https://www.politico.eu/article/us-europe-rebuke-china-economic-practices-g7-human-rights-xinjiang-coronavirus/ POLITICO June 13, 2021]James T. Areddy, "Back-to-Back Rebukes of China Mark a Turning Point: Criticism from G-7 and NATO members represent a shift toward collective action to confront Beijing" [https://www.wsj.com/articles/back-to-back-rebukes-of-china-mark-a-turning-point-11623710320 Wall Street Journal June 15, 2021]Sabine Siebold, Steve Holland and Robin Emmott, "NATO adopts tough line on China at Biden's debut summit with alliance" [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-welcomes-biden-pivotal-post-trump-summit-2021-06-14/ Reuters June 14, 2021]Karla Adam et al.. "G-7 takes stronger stand against China, at U.S. urging" [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-biden-g7/2021/06/13/078574de-c7cf-11eb-8708-64991f2acf28_story.html Washington Post June 13, 2021].

File:President Biden met with President Xi of the PRC before the 2022 G20 Bali Summit.jpg Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali, November 2022]]

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Biden held his second telephone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on September 9, 2021. On September 21, 2021, Biden urged the U.N. General Assembly to consider "relentless diplomacy" in amidst rising tensions between the U.S. and China. Without mentioning China by name, he said the U.S. is "not seeking a new Cold War or a world divided into rigid blocs."{{cite news |last1=Hunnicutt |first1=Trevor |last2=Holland |first2=Steve |date=September 21, 2021 |title=At U.N., Biden promises 'relentless diplomacy,' not Cold War |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/un-biden-will-try-move-past-afghanistan-with-climate-china-focus-2021-09-21/ |access-date=September 21, 2021 |publisher=Reuters}}{{cite news |last=Shinkman |first=Paul |date=September 21, 2021 |title=Biden, Xi Avoid Referencing One Another at U.N. as U.S. Leader Softens Tone on China |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2021-09-21/biden-xi-avoid-referencing-one-another-at-un-as-us-leader-softens-tone-on-china |access-date=September 22, 2021 |work=U.S. News & World Report}} Meng Wanzhou returned to China on September 24.{{cite web |date=September 25, 2021 |title=Huawei's Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after deal with US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998 |access-date=March 3, 2022 |website=BBC News}}

Biden held his first virtual meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on November 15, 2021.{{cite web |date=November 15, 2021 |title=Biden, Xi try to tamp down tension in long virtual meeting |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-xi-meeting-e6013378e03727b85a8f59f71fe61f4a |website=Associated Press}}

In late June 2023, Blinken traveled to China and met with Xi; subsequent public statements by both countries were largely positive, with Xi and Blinken emphasizing that both sides have a responsibility to manage relations.{{Cite web |last1=Sim |first1=Dewey |last2=Wang |first2=Orange |date=2023-06-19 |title=Xi and Blinken Cap China Trip With Vow to Steady Ties to Ward off Conflict |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224560/antony-blinken-and-wang-yi-meet-beijing-us-and-china-push-mend-strained-relationship |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} Shortly, following Blinken's visit, President Joe Biden's reference{{Cite web |date=2023-06-21 |title=Biden calling China's leader a 'dictator' opens new rift just after Blinken's tensions-easing trip |url=https://apnews.com/article/china-biden-xi-jinping-dictator-c1fe17f72e2d37fcc840575eea1b78d2 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a “dictator” at an event for his 2024 reelection campaign, drew condemnation from China, which issued a démarche to U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns’ office.{{Cite web |last=Skipworth |first=William |title=China Formally Chides U.S. Ambassador After Biden Calls Xi A 'Dictator,' Report Says |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/06/22/china-formally-chides-us-ambassador-after-biden-calls-xi-a-dictator-report-says/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

In April 2024, Biden and Xi held a call wherein they stressed the importance of peace and continued cooperation on the 2023 Woodside agreements. Biden warned Xi against interfering in the U.S. elections later this year, and remained committed to free and open navigation of the Taiwan Straits and protection of American interests in high technology.{{cite web |author=The White House |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/02/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-call-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=The White House}}{{cite web |date=April 2, 2024 |title=President Xi Jinping Speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Phone |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202404/t20240403_11275451.html |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=中华人民共和国外交部}}{{cite web |last=Kine |first=Phelim |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Biden-Xi phone call sparks clash on U.S. high tech export controls |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/02/biden-jinping-warning-election-meddling-cyberattacks-call-00150129 |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=POLITICO}}{{cite web |last=Bishop |first=Bill |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Xi-Biden call; More US tech controls coming?; NDRC on equipment and consumer upgrades; Another Justice Minister goes down |url=https://sinocism.com/p/xi-biden-call-more-us-tech-controls#§xi-and-biden-have-a-call |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=Sinocism}}{{cite web |date=April 3, 2024 |title=Xi, Biden hold phone talks |url=https://english.news.cn/20240403/b71bc75ab66b4257bc2b9c7e56c26ce4/c.html |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=English.news.cn}}

The Biden administration took a tough stance on China, with Blinken and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines advocating an assertive U.S. approach. The Biden administration rejected China's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea that violate international law and pledged to back Southeast Asian nations on territorial disputes.{{cite news|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=January 28, 2021|title=US takes aim at China territorial claims as Biden vows to back Japan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/28/us-takes-aim-at-china-territorial-claims-as-biden-vows-to-back-japan|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 15, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Sevastopulo|first=Demetri|date=January 27, 2021|title=Joe Biden reaffirms commitment to defending Senkaku Islands|url=https://www.ft.com/content/5f142efe-4d4d-4d5a-b42e-eddcbd3a5df8|work=Financial Times|access-date=June 13, 2021}} The administration also condemned Chinese incursions into Taiwan's air defense zone. In February 2021, the administration called upon the Chinese government and the World Health Organization to release data about the origin of COVID-19; China had refused to grant WHO investigators access to the raw data on early cases of the virus.{{cite web|last=Hanke Vela|first=Jakob|date=February 14, 2021|title=UK backs Biden's call for China to release data on coronavirus origin|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-china-origin-data-uk-backs-joe-biden-call/|website=Politico|access-date=June 13, 2021}} The British government backed Biden's call for transparency.

During his first visit to the Pentagon on February 9, 2021, Biden urged for the United States Department of Defense to "review" its national security policy concerning China.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-lloyd-austin-coronavirus-pandemic-43210adc097451c97a400cfe6d35be15|title=Biden calls for China review during first Pentagon visit| first1=Robert|last1=Burns|first2=Lolita C.|last2=Baldor|first3=Aamer|last3=Madhani|work=Associated Press|date=February 10, 2021|access-date=September 21, 2021}} Biden held his first telephone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on February 10, 2021; during the call, Biden raised issues of "Beijing's coercive and unfair economic practices" as well as the government's "crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan"; the conversation also involved the COVID-19 pandemic and "shared challenges of global health security, climate change and preventing weapons proliferation."{{cite web|last=Ward|first=Alex|date=February 11, 2021|title=How will Biden handle China and Russia? Look at his calls with Xi and Putin|url=https://www.vox.com/22277212/biden-xi-call-china-russia-putin-foreign-policy|website=Vox|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Quinn|first=Melissa|date=February 11, 2021|title=Biden speaks with China's Xi, raising economic practices and human rights abuses|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-china-xi-call/|work=CBS News|access-date=June 13, 2021}}

Taiwan's peace and stability was mentioned in the leader level joint statement after Japanese Prime Minister Suga visited President Biden in April 2021.Sacks, David. Research Report: Enhancing U.S.-Japan Coordination for a Taiwan Conflict. Council on Foreign Relations, 2022, p. 8. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep38830 JSTOR website] Retrieved 9 February 2022.

On October 21, 2021, Biden said the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China attacked, though the White House said later there was no change in policy towards the island.{{cite news |title=Biden says United States would come to Taiwan's defense |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/biden-says-united-states-would-come-taiwans-defense-2021-10-22/ |work=Reuters |date=October 22, 2021}}

In May 2022, the State Department updated its Taiwan fact sheet to reinstate a line saying “we do not support Taiwan independence.”{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-06-04 |title=U.S. updates Taiwan fact sheet again to say it does not support independence |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/06/04/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/us-state-department-taiwan-independence/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}

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In November 2023, Biden and Xi met at the Filoli estate in Woodside, California. They agreed to restart cooperation on narcotics crackdowns, a military-to-military hotline, risk and safety management of AI, and increase commercial flights and student exchanges between the two countries, while Biden pledged not to change the U.S. stance of One China, or his concerns over improving China–Russia relations, or his shift toward economic nationalism amid a wave of tech export controls.{{cite web | author=The White House | title=Remarks by President Biden in a Press Conference, Woodside, CA | website=The White House | date=November 16, 2023 | url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/11/16/remarks-by-president-biden-in-a-press-conference-woodside-ca/ | access-date=April 5, 2024}}{{cite web | title=Wang Yi Speaks to the Press about the Summit Meeting Between Chinese and U.S. Presidents in San Francisco | website=中华人民共和国外交部 | date=November 16, 2023 | url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/topics_665678/xjpfmgjxzmyshwtscxapec/202311/t20231117_11182054.html | access-date=April 5, 2024}}{{cite web | last=Gupta | first=Sourabh | title=Biden-Xi Woodside Summit and the Slow Rehabilitation of US-PRC Ties | website=Comparative Connections | date=January 15, 2024 | url=https://cc.pacforum.org/2024/01/biden-xi-woodside-summit-and-the-slow-rehabilitation-of-us-prc-ties/ | access-date=April 5, 2024}}

On February 22, 2024, the U.S. State Department approved $75 million in weapons sale to Taiwan, the 13th such approval under the Biden administration. The announcement was made shortly prior to the arrival of a bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee on China delegation led by Mike Gallagher in Taiwan.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-23 |title=US green-lights US$75m arms sales to Taiwan - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/02/23/2003813944 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.taipeitimes.com}}

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On December 17, 2023, the U.S. State Department again called for Jimmy Lai's release shortly before his trial was set to begin.{{Cite web |last=Magramo |first=Kathleen |date=2023-12-17 |title=Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon faces his biggest trial yet |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/asia/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial-nsl-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=CNN |language=en}} Spokesperson Matthew Miller said: "We urge Beijing and Hong Kong authorities to respect press freedom in Hong Kong. Actions that stifle press freedom and restrict the free flow of information – as well as Beijing and local authorities’ changes to Hong Kong's electoral system that reduce direct voting and preclude independent and pro-democracy party candidates from participating – have undermined Hong Kong's democratic institutions and harmed Hong Kong's reputation as an international business and financial hub."{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2023 |title=Trial of Jimmy Lai Under the Hong Kong National Security Law |url=https://www.state.gov/trial-of-jimmy-lai-under-the-hong-kong-national-security-law/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217230504/https://www.state.gov/trial-of-jimmy-lai-under-the-hong-kong-national-security-law/ |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}

On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated upon issuing the annual Hong Kong Policy Act report: "This year, I have again certified that Hong Kong does not warrant treatment under U.S. laws in the same manner as the laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1, 1997. This year’s report catalogs the intensifying repression and ongoing crackdown by PRC and Hong Kong authorities on civil society, media, and dissenting voices, including through the issuance of bounties and arrest warrants for more than a dozen pro-democracy activists living outside Hong Kong. In response, the Department of State is announcing that it is taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on multiple Hong Kong officials responsible for the intensifying crackdown on rights and freedoms, pursuant to Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act."{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2024 |title=Hong Kong Policy Act Report |url=https://www.state.gov/hong-kong-policy-act-report-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329184036/https://www.state.gov/hong-kong-policy-act-report-2/ |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=U.S. Department of State}}

In September 2024, the Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party published a joint report with the House Committee on Education and the Workforce titled "CCP on the Quad: How American Taxpayers and Universities Fund the CCP's Advanced Military and Technological Research." The report documented how over 8,800 research publications funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. intelligence agencies involved collaboration with researchers affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including institutions linked to China’s defense apparatus. The investigation uncovered significant research ties involving artificial intelligence, hypersonic weapons, nuclear physics, and electromagnetic systems—technologies with direct military application. The report drew on findings from LJ Eads, a former Air Force intelligence officer and founder of Data Abyss, and Jeff Stoff, founder of the Center for Research Security & Integrity, who provided critical analysis. Their contributions highlighted hundreds of cases where NASA-funded research violated the Wolf Amendment by enabling bilateral collaboration with PRC institutions, including China's Seven Sons of National Defense and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Specific cases included research with China's Ocean University—affiliated with the PLA Navy Submarine Academy—on Arctic surveillance-related remote sensing, and a study on sea surface temperatures co-authored with the China Academy of Space Technology. The report called for strengthened research guardrails, enforcement of foreign gift reporting laws, and passage of the DETERRENT Act to safeguard U.S. research from adversarial exploitation.{{Cite web |title=CCP on the Quad: How American Taxpayers and Universities Fund the CCP’s Advanced Military and Technological Research |url=https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/press-releases/ccp-quad-how-american-taxpayers-and-universities-fund-ccps-advanced-military |website=House Select Committee on the CCP |date=2024-09-23 |access-date=2025-06-19}}

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In their first telephone call on January 27, 2021, Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reaffirmed the U.S.'s commitment to the U.S.-Japan security alliance, including the "unwavering" American commitment to defending Japan under the U.S.-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty, including defense of the Senkaku Islands (which are administered by Japan, but claimed by China).{{cite news|title=Biden stresses commitment to defend Japan in first call with Suga|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/28/national/politics-diplomacy/biden-suga-phone-call/|work=The Japan Times|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209055032/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/28/national/politics-diplomacy/biden-suga-phone-call/|url-status=dead}} Suga was the first foreign leader to meet with Biden in person when he visited Washington, D.C. on April 16, 2021.{{cite news|last=Mastrangelo|first=Dominick|date=April 2, 2021|title=Biden to host Japanese prime minister for talks on April 16|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/546126-biden-to-host-japanese-leader-for-talks-on-april-16|work=The Hill|access-date=April 2, 2021}}

The Biden administration expanded trilateral relations with Japan and South Korea amid concerns about as well as tensions with China and North Korea, as reflected in the historic August 2023 summit among Biden, Fumio Kishida, and Yoon Suk-yeol at Camp David and the commitments made about further economic and security cooperation since.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties at summit amid China, North Korea worries |url=https://apnews.com/article/camp-david-summit-biden-south-korea-japan-0bc36bb3705a3dc1b69dc8cd47b35dd3 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2023-08-18 |title=The Spirit of Camp David: Joint Statement of Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/18/the-spirit-of-camp-david-joint-statement-of-japan-the-republic-of-korea-and-the-united-states/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last1=Olorunnipa |first1=Toluse |last2=Nakashima |first2=Ellen |date=August 18, 2023 |title=Biden declares 'new era' of partnership with South Korea and Japan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/biden-declares-new-era-partnership-with-south-korea-japan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819052420/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/biden-declares-new-era-partnership-with-south-korea-japan/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=January 7, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |title=Joint Statement on the Trilateral United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Indo-Pacific Dialogue |url=https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-the-trilateral-united-states-japan-republic-of-korea-indo-pacific-dialogue/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}

The first Indo-Pacific Dialogue, building upon commitments made during the August 2023 Camp David summit, was held in Washington D.C. on January 5, 2024.{{Cite web |title=Joint Statement on the Trilateral United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Indo-Pacific Dialogue |url=https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-the-trilateral-united-states-japan-republic-of-korea-indo-pacific-dialogue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107034113/https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-the-trilateral-united-states-japan-republic-of-korea-indo-pacific-dialogue/ |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}} In a joint statement released by the US State Department, which described the dialogue mechanism (that will be hosted annually) as a new chapter in the trilateral relationship, Japan (represented by foreign ministry foreign policy bureau director-general Kobe Yasuhiro), Korea (represented by deputy minister for political affairs Chung Byung-won), and the US (represented by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink) focused on discussing collaborating with Southeast Asian and Pacific Island countries and emphasized the need for regional economic security enhancement.

On July 28, 2024, the US began relocating a detachment of approximately 100 logistics support Marines from the III Marine Expeditionary Force from Okinawa to Guam. This move marked the first phase of the relocation process agreed with Japan in a 2012 to transfer US Marines to locations outside of Japan.{{Cite web |last=Schulenburg |first=Rupert |date=27 March 2025 |title=Reinforcement and redistribution: evolving US posture in the Indo-Pacific |url=https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/military-balance/2025/03/reinforcement-and-redistribution-evolving-us-posture-in-the-indo-pacific/ |website=International Institute for Strategic Studies}} The US military presence on Okinawa has long been a source of controversy, with local residents complaining about the noise and misconduct from US troops.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Bob Kovach,Chelsea J. |date=2012-04-27 |title=U.S.-Japan deal withdraws 9,000 Marines from Okinawa |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/27/world/asia/japan-us-okinawa/index.html |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}

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An early Biden administration effort to open a line of communication with North Korea was rebuffed.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/world/asia/biden-north-korea-china.html|title=North Korean Threat Forces Biden Into Balancing Act With China|first1=Lara|last1=Jakes|first2=Choe|last2=Sang-Hun|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 18, 2021}} Following the launch of two missiles by North Korea in March 2021, the Biden administration questioned if they should impose sanctions or return to the summit-style diplomacy of the Trump administration.{{cite news|last=Sang-Hun|first=Choe |date=2021-03-25|title='Power for Power': North Korea Returns to a Show of Force|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/world/asia/north-korea-ballistic-missiles.html|access-date=2021-03-25 |issn=0362-4331}}

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In their first telephone call on February 3, 2021, Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to enhance regional cooperation between Japan, the U.S., and South Korea on key issues, including issues on North Korea and China, and on the importance of improving strained Japan–South Korea relations.[https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2021020400410/biden-moon-affirm-need-to-improve-japan-s-korea-ties.html Biden, Moon Affirm Need to Improve Japan-S. Korea Ties] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214054930/https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2021020400410/biden-moon-affirm-need-to-improve-japan-s-korea-ties.html |date=February 14, 2021 }}, Jiji Press (February 4, 2021). In March 2021, the U.S. and South Korea reached a military cost-sharing agreement, with South Korea increasing its annual payments to the U.S. by $1 billion (or about 13%). The U.S.-South Korea agreement resolved a deadlock inherited from the Trump administration. The U.S. also announced U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises (which Trump had scaled back and questioned the need for).Michelle Ye Hee Lee & Dan Lamothe, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-korea-military-agreement/2021/03/08/b7a121d8-7f86-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html U.S., South Korea reach military cost-sharing agreement after deadlock under Trump], Washington Post (March 8, 2021). The Biden administration affirmed the U.S.'s "unshakable" security commitment to South Korea under the Mutual Defense Treaty, to the readiness of U.S. forces in Korea, and to "reinvigorating and modernizing our democratic alliances around the world." Moon was the second foreign leader to meet with Biden in person when he visited Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2021.{{cite news |title=South Korean President Moon to visit White House on May 21 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korean-president-moon-visit-white-house-may-21-2021-04-30/ |access-date=April 29, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=April 29, 2021}}

After Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, South Korean public finance and trade officials complained that its green industrial policy package, which encourages U.S. manufacturing of renewable energy and electric vehicles, threatens the U.S.–South Korean partnership on climate action and countering China's influence, sparking fears of a trade war.{{cite web |title=Korean auto, battery sectors brace for EU-first act |url=https://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20230312000025 |website=www.theinvestor.co.kr |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230312030508/https://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20230312000025 |archive-date=12 March 2023 |language=en |date=11 March 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Best |first=Paul |date=2022-09-01 |title=EU hits US for Inflation Reduction Act electric vehicle tax credit requiring final assembly in North America |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/eu-hits-us-electric-vehicle-tax-credit-requires-final-assembly-cars-north-america |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=FOXBusiness |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Doug |title=USTR shrugs off EU criticism of EV tax credit |url=https://politi.co/3C8qKYS |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=POLITICO |date=August 15, 2022 |language=en}}

Biden has been a proponent of his "counterterrorism plus" strategy in the Middle East.{{cite news|last=Patel|first=Faiza|date=September 30, 2020|title=Biden's Plan to Roll Back Discriminatory Counterterrorism Policies |url=https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/bidens-plan-roll-back-discriminatory-counterterrorism-policies|work=Brennan Center|access-date=January 21, 2021}} Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations that his foreign policy will destroy al-Qaeda and Islamic State, ensuring their remnants will not reconstitute themselves.{{cite news|date=August 1, 2019|title=Joe Biden|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|url=https://www.cfr.org/article/joe-biden|access-date=January 21, 2021}}

On the day Biden took office, the new administration adopted tighter controls on drone strikes and special forces raids in places where there are few U.S. troops, including Libya and Yemen.{{cite news|last1=Savage|first1=Charlie|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|date=March 3, 2021|title=Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/politics/biden-drones.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=March 3, 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Nakashima|first1=Ellen|last2=Ryan|first2=Missy|date=March 4, 2021|title=Biden orders temporary limits on drone strikes outside war zones|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-counterterrorism-drone-strike-policy/2021/03/04/f70fedcc-7d01-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 4, 2021}} The policy halted the Trump-era policy that gave U.S. military officials more discretion to launch counterterrorism attacks without White House oversight. The temporary measure was put in place while the Biden administration completes an interagency review into the drone policy. The review focuses on whether to restore a 2016 order issued by Obama (revoked in 2019 by Trump) that would require the government to issue an annual report disclosing estimates of the numbers of suspected terrorists and civilian casualties, and whether to return to the Obama-era centralized oversight system (in which proposed drone strikes could be approved only if the suspect presented a "continuing and imminent threat" to Americans, and were subject to high-level intelligence vetting in an effort to minimize civilian casualties and blowback) or to keep elements of the Trump-era approach (which was looser and delegated more power to the military and CIA to determine whether to carry out a strike).

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On 24 April 2021, on the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, President Biden referred to the Armenian genocide as "genocide" in a statement released by the White House.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-24|title=Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/24/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-armenian-remembrance-day/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=The White House|language=en-US}}

On 10 June 2024, US and Armenian diplomats met in Yerevan and pledged to increase bilateral ties. "The sides positively assessed cooperation to support Armenia's ongoing reforms and democratic progress and noted Armenia's aspirations for closer cooperation with Euro-Atlantic institutions and the West," a joint statement said. The two sides announced that they would deepen ties in the coming year, which will be formalized by signing a deal to upgrade the status of bilateral dialogue to a "Strategic Partnership Commission". This comes as trade turnover between Washington and Yerevan has quadrupled since 2020. Military officials also vowed to establish formal bilateral defense consultations to "regularize planning of defense cooperation objectives."{{Cite web|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/united-states/2024/06/12/us-armenia-pledge-to-increase-ties-as-russia-s-influence-dealt-a-blow|title=US, Armenia pledge to increase ties as Russia's influence dealt a blow}}

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After Biden took office, his administration began a broad review of the U.S.'s policy in Afghanistan,{{cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Julian E.|last2=Gibbons-Neff|first2=Thomas|date=February 3, 2021|title=U.S. Should Slow Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Bipartisan Panel Urges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/us/politics/afghanistan-biden-trump-troops-withdrawal.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Robert|date=February 3, 2021|title=Experts group urges delayed US troop pullout in Afghanistan|url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-doha-peace-process-taliban-civil-wars-9bcc0dc8165dcd10950d0d65b227170a|work=Associated Press|access-date=June 13, 2021}} where 2,500 U.S. troops were stationed at the beginning of Biden's term.

In early February 2021, shortly after Biden took office, the bipartisan Afghanistan Study Group, a panel established by Congress in 2019, issued its report, recommended that the administration slow the further withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, keeping U.S. troops after a May 1 deadline set by the February 2020 U.S.-Taliban Doha agreement reached under the Trump administration. The Study Group, led by former general Joseph Dunford and former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte, warned against a complete U.S. military withdrawal because the Taliban had not fully complied with their obligations under the agreement and because the panel viewed a quick withdrawal of remaining U.S. forces as a risk factor for renewed Afghan civil war, terrorist threats, and insurgency; the panel recommended that U.S. forces be further reduced as security conditions in the country improve.

Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the U.S. policy review with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in February 2021, saying that the U.S. was committed to "a just and durable political settlement and permanent and comprehensive ceasefire" and would continue to consult "with Afghan leaders, NATO allies and international partners" on the future of the February 2020 deal.{{cite news|date=February 18, 2021|title=Blinken tells Ghani U.S. supports Afghanistan peace process - statement|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-afghanistan-call/blinken-tells-ghani-u-s-supports-afghanistan-peace-process-statement-idINKBN2AI2DY|work=Reuters|access-date=June 13, 2021}} Later that month, in an unusually blunt letter from Blinken to Ghani, the U.S. expressed frustration with the stalled Afghan negotiations, in which Ghani was frequently intransigent and resisted the formation of an interim Afghan government that would advance the peace process but also probably end his presidency.{{cite news|last1=Gibbons-Neff|first1=Thomas|last2=Zucchino|first2=David|last3=Jakes|first3=Lara|date=March 7, 2021|title=U.S. Pushes U.N.-Led Peace Conference in Letter to Afghan Leader|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/world/asia/afghanistan-blinken-troop-withdrawal.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=June 13, 2021}} The U.S. proposed a UN-led peace conference, and urged Ghani to participate "to move matters more fundamentally and quickly toward a settlement and a permanent and comprehensive cease-fire."

On April 13, 2021, the White House announced that the remaining 2,500 troops in Afghanistan would withdraw by September 11, 2021. The U.S. government commented that it would continue to support the Afghan government in regards of a possible Taliban military victory. The deadline was extended from that of May 1, 2021 previously announced by the Trump administration.{{cite news|last1=Holland|first1=Steve|last2=Ali|first2=Idrees|last3=Stewart|first3=Phil|date=April 13, 2021|title=Biden set to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-withdrawal/biden-set-to-withdraw-u-s-troops-from-afghanistan-by-sept-11-idUSKBN2C028S?il=0|work=Reuters|access-date=April 13, 2021}}

By early July 2021, most of the American troops in Afghanistan were withdrawn.{{cite news |last1=Sanger |first1=David |title=For Biden, Images of Defeat He Wanted to Avoid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/afghanistan-biden.html |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210816031133/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/afghanistan-biden.html |date=August 15, 2021 |url-status=live }} Biden addressed the withdrawal, stating that: "The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely." However, on August 15, amid an offensive by the Taliban, the Afghan government collapsed and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, leaving the Taliban in full control of Afghanistan.{{cite news |title=Biden defends 'messy' US pullout from Afghanistan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58238497 |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=BBC News |date=August 17, 2021}}

During the initial siege of Kabul and the subsequent collapse of the Afghan government, Biden was vacationing at Camp David.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Ashley |last2=Pager |first2=Tyler |last3=Linskey |first3=Annie |title=72 hours at Camp David: Inside Biden's lagging response to the fall of Afghanistan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-afghanistan-camp-david/2021/08/16/979c17c8-feaf-11eb-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=August 17, 2021}} Facing mounting criticism for the administration's handling of the event, Biden returned to the White House on August 16 where he delivered an address to the American people defending his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from the country. In his remarks, Biden blamed the Afghan National Army for failing to adequately defend against the Taliban saying, "American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves."{{cite news |last1=Knutson |first1=Jacob |title=Biden to address nation at 3:45pm after Taliban seize power in Afghanistan |url=https://www.axios.com/biden-address-afghanistan-taliban-takeover-8adf6893-699b-4982-81a0-436c84a14683.html |work=Axios |date=August 16, 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-afghanistan/ |website=The White House |date=August 16, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Egan |first1=Lauren |last2=Pettypiece |first2=Shannon |title=Biden defends Afghanistan policy amid mounting criticism of withdrawal |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-weighs-address-nation-afghanistan-crumbles-n1276885 |work=NBC News |issue=August 16, 2021 |language=en}}

The events in Afghanistan were one of the causes for Biden's approval rating declining in July and August 2021.

Many commentators have drawn comparisons between the withdraw and evacuation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan with the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War.{{cite news |title=USA TODAY |url=https://www.usatoday.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2021%2F08%2F16%2Fimages-kabul-draw-comparisons-us-afghanistan-exit-saigon%2F8143193002%2F |work=www.usatoday.com}}{{cite web |title=Editorial: President Biden's Saigon moment |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/08/15/editorial-president-bidens-saigon-moment/ |website=Boston Herald |access-date=August 15, 2021 |date=August 15, 2021}}

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On July 31, 2022, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul by an American drone strike approved by Biden.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader |date=1 August 2022 |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Cooper |first2=Helene |last3=Barnes |first3=Julian |last4=Schmitt |first4=Eric |work=The New York Times |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801215209/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |url-status=live }}

On September 24, 2024, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to recommend U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking information about the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.{{cite web |last1=Zengerle |first1=Patricia |title=US House committee recommends contempt charge for Blinken |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-committee-recommends-contempt-charge-blinken-2024-09-24/ |publisher=Reuters |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}}

On September 25, 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the Biden-Harris Administration for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resolution passed 219 - 194, with ten Democrats and all Republicans voting in favor.{{cite web |last1=Groves |first1=Stephen |title=House approves GOP resolution condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-harris-afghanistan-house-republicans-794de9e0a7685dbf7d9f2175728f4d51 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=27 September 2024 |date=25 September 2024}}

On April 24, 2021, on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Biden made a statement recognizing the Armenian genocide as a genocide after he indicated support for the congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide.{{cite web|author=Guardian staff and agencies|date=2021-04-22|title=Joe Biden set to formally recognize Armenian genocide, officials say |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/21/armenian-genocide-joe-biden-turkey|access-date=2021-11-12 |website=The Guardian|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/24/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-armenian-remembrance-day/|website=The White House|language=en-US|date=April 24, 2021|access-date=April 24, 2021}} The move angered Turkey,{{cite news |author= |title=Turkey's Erdogan Slams Biden Over Armenian Genocide Statement |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-erdogan-slams-biden-armenian-genocide/31224125.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021}}{{cite news |last=Bilginsoy |first=Zeynep |date=April 26, 2021 |title=Turkish leader defiant on Biden mention of Armenian genocide |url=https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-europe-government-and-politics-e8e84a5b3828f9f4c808390db3e3446f |work=Associated Press |access-date=August 2, 2021}} which does not recognize the World War I-era systematic slaughter of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide and seeks to persuade other nations to do the same.{{cite news |author= |title=Q&A: Armenian genocide dispute |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16352745 |work=BBC News |date=April 24, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.armenian-genocide.org/turkey.html |title=Turkey, Republic of, and the Armenian Genocide |last=Abdalian|first=Rouben Paul |publisher=Armenian National Institute |date= |website=armenian-genocide.org |access-date=August 2, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/armenia |title= Armenia |website=cla.umn.edu/chgs/ |publisher=University of Minnesota |access-date=August 2, 2021}}

As designate, Secretary of State Blinken reaffirmed his support for keeping NATO's door open for Georgia.[https://civil.ge/archives/391935 Secretary-designate Blinken Says NATO Door Shall Remain Open to Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122203420/https://civil.ge/archives/391935|date=January 22, 2021}}, Civil Georgia

On November 18, 2021, the U.S. State Department praised the independent medical team that criticized the prison hospital conditions that Mikheil Saakashvili was placed in, and urged the Georgian government to treat Saakashvili "fairly and with dignity" and guarantee his right to a fair trial.{{cite web|title=Treatment of Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili|url=https://www.state.gov/treatment-of-former-president-of-georgia-mikheil-saakashvili/|access-date=2021-11-21 |website=United States Department of State|language=en}}{{cite news|title=Former Georgian president Saakashvili ends 50-day prison hunger strike after transfer to military hospital|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/20/georgia-mikheil-saakashvili-prison-hospital/|access-date=2021-11-21 |issn=0190-8286}}

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President Biden has been a firm supporter of Israel-United States relations, describing himself a Zionist and stating that U.S. aid to Israel is an investment.{{cite news|last=Griffing|first=Alexander|date=April 26, 2019|title=Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Israel and the Middle East?|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/biden-trump-israel-middle-east-2020-clinton-obama-1.7166095|work=Haaretz|access-date=January 21, 2021}} Biden's UN Ambassador-designate Linda Thomas-Greenfield vowed to "stand against the unfair singling out of Israel for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions," saying that the movement "verges on antisemitism."{{cite news|last=Samuels|first=Ben|date=January 27, 2021|title=BDS verges on Antisemitism, Biden's pick for US Envoy says|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-bds-verges-on-antisemitism-biden-s-pick-for-un-envoy-says-1.9488357|work=Haaretz|access-date=June 14, 2021}}

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Biden administration would continue to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem{{cite news|last=Lawler|first=Dave|date=January 21, 2021|title=What has and hasn't changed as Biden takes over U.S. foreign policy|url=https://www.axios.com/biden-foreign-policy-yemen-iran-0c3ccf09-62c6-4197-9970-21f2e3bff479.html|work=Axios|access-date=January 22, 2021}}{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Laura |title=Blinken affirms plan to keep US embassy in Jerusalem |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/534926-blinken-affirms-plan-to-keep-us-embassy-in-jerusalem |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=The Hill |date=January 19, 2021}} which had been relocated from its previous site in Tel Aviv by the Trump Administration per the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, passed by a bipartisan supermajority. Biden called Trump's move, done without conditions, "short-sighted and frivolous" but said during his campaign that he would keep the embassy in Jerusalem and not move it back to Tel Aviv.{{Cite news|title=Biden says he'll keep US embassy in Jerusalem if elected|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-says-hell-keep-us-embassy-in-jerusalem-if-elected/|newspaper=The Times of Israel|date=April 30, 2020|access-date=June 14, 2021}} In February 2021, the U.S. Senate adopted, by a 97–3 vote, an amendment to a budget resolution that affirmed the U.S. intent to keep the embassy in Jerusalem.{{cite web|last=Lazaroff|first=Tovah|date=February 6, 2021|title=US Senate approves amendment to keep embassy in Jerusalem|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/us-senate-approves-amendment-to-keep-us-embassy-in-jerusalem-657956|work=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=June 14, 2021}}

Consistent with Biden's statements during the campaign,{{cite news|title=President-Elect Biden on Foreign Policy|url=https://www.cfr.org/election2020/candidate-tracker |access-date=January 21, 2021|work=Council on Foreign Relations|date=November 7, 2020}}{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Laura|date=May 19, 2020|title=Biden says he opposes Israel annexing territory|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/498597-biden-says-he-opposes-israel-annexing-territory|work=The Hill|access-date=January 21, 2021}} upon taking office, the Biden administration returned the U.S. to a "more traditional and evenhanded approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."{{cite news|last=Crowley|first=Michael|date=January 26, 2021|title=Biden Will Restore U.S. Relations With Palestinians, Reversing Trump Cutoff|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/world/middleeast/biden-palestinians-israel.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 14, 2021}} Biden's acting U.S. ambassador to the UN reaffirmed that the U.S. supported a negotiated two-state solution "in which Israel lives in peace and security, alongside a viable Palestinian state" and called upon the parties to refrain from taking steps that could inhibit a two-state solution, such as Israel annexing or expanding settlements in the West Bank, or the Palestinians inciting violence. The administration restored U.S. diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and resumed U.S. aid to the Palestinians, two years after Trump had effectively ended U.S. engagement with the Palestinians.

Biden's first call as president with a Middle Eastern leader was with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in mid-February 2021; on the call, Biden reaffirmed U.S. support for Israeli security, for the recent normalization of relations between Israel and a handful of Arab and Muslim nations, and for the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, and the two leaders discussed cooperation against threats from Iran.{{citation|last=Breuninger|first=Kevin|date=February 17, 2021|title=Biden and Israel leader Netanyahu talk for the first time since inauguration|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/17/israel-pm-netanyahu-says-he-had-an-hourlong-phone-call-with-biden.html|website=CNBC|access-date=June 14, 2021}} On April 7, 2021, the Biden administration announced its intention to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to the Palestinians.{{cite news|last1=Verma|first1=Pranshu|last2=Gladstone|first2=Rick|date=April 7, 2021|title=Reversing Trump, Biden Restores Aid to Palestinians|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/world/middleeast/biden-aid-palestinians.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 8, 2021}}

Blinken attended the Negev Summit on 27 March 2022 hosted by foreign minister Yair Lapid of Israel and counterparts from Morocco, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt. In July 2022, it was announced by the White House that Biden would travel to the Middle East and meet with the leaders of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Saudi Arabia.

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After Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel in October 2023, Biden issued a statement condemning the attacks and saying he was ready to offer "all appropriate means of support to the Government and people of Israel".{{cite news |title=Biden offers Israel support, faces criticism on Iran at home |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-ready-offer-israel-support-after-attacks-biden-2023-10-07/ |work=Reuters |date=8 October 2023}} On October 18, 2023, Biden arrived in Israel and was received at Ben-Gurion airport by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu{{cite news |title=Biden lands in Israel, hugs Netanyahu and Herzog on tarmac |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-lands-israel-consult-gaza-war-2023-10-18/ |work=Reuters |date=18 October 2023}} On October 23, 2023, he rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, stating "We should have those hostages released and then we can talk".{{cite news |last1=Magid |first1=Jacob |title=As EU weighs ceasefire call, US rejects any such push, says it only benefits Hamas |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-eu-weighs-ceasefire-call-us-rejects-any-such-push-says-it-only-benefits-hamas/ |work=Times of Israel |date=24 October 2023 }} Biden stated he had "no confidence" in the death totals reported by the Gaza Health Ministry.{{cite news |title=Why Israel's push into Gaza is killing so many children |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-gaza-hamas-civilian-casualties-children-deaths-airstrikes-palestinian-2023-10 |work=Business Insider |date=31 October 2023}}

In October 2023, Biden called on Congress to pass $14.3 billion in emergency military aid to Israel.{{cite news|last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Demirjian |first2=Karoun |date=20 October 2023 |title=Biden Requests $105 Billion Aid Package for Israel, Ukraine and Other Crises |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/politics/biden-aid-israel-ukraine-taiwan-border.html }} Israel already receives $3.8 billion a year in military aid.{{cite news |title=US House passes $14.5bn military aid package for Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/3/us-house-passes-14-5bn-military-aid-package-for-israel |work=Al Jazeera |date=3 November 2023}} The Biden Administration bypassed Congress twice in December 2023 to rush weapons to Israel worth a total of about $250 million.{{cite news|last1=Lee |first1=Matthew |date=29 December 2023 |title=The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel |work=APNews |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-israel-gaza-arms-hamas-bypass-congress-1dc77f20aac4a797df6a2338b677da4f }}

In February 2024, following an announcement by the Israeli government regarding an increase of Israeli settlements within the West Bank, the Biden administration announced it had reversed a 2019 Trump-era decision that had declined to recognize Israeli settlements as a violation of international law.{{cite news |last1=Hudson |first1=John |last2=DeYoung |first2=Karen | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/23/israel-west-bank-settlements-illegal/ | title=White House reverses West Bank policy, calling Israeli settlements illegal | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=February 24, 2024 }}{{cite web |last=Boxerman |first=Aaron | url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/23/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news#blinken-israel-west-bank-settlements | title=Middle East Crisis Netanyahu Pushes for Indefinite Military Control Over Gaza | website=The New York Times | date=February 23, 2024 }} Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated this position stating that the settlements were "inconsistent with international law" and that "[Settlement expansion] only weakens, it doesn’t strengthen, Israel’s security,".{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Matthew | url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-settlements-illegitimate-palestine-biden-rescind-law-0bed7cf5d6f98012193e9f5075eb719a | title=Biden administration restores Trump-rescinded policy on illegitimacy of Israeli settlements | website=AP News | date=February 23, 2024 }}

The Biden administration had vetoed 3 UN ceasefires for Gaza on October 18th, December 8th and February 20th.{{cite web |last=Ebrahim |first=Nadine | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/middleeast/us-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-veto-intl/index.html | title= After vetoing three prior UN resolutions on Gaza, US sees its own ceasefire proposal rejected | website=CNN | date=March 22, 2024 }} In March 2024, the United States abstained from voting on UN Security Council resolution 2728, a significant departure from its usual practice of vetoing ceasefire resolutions. Resolution 2728, introduced by elected members including Mozambique, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan and the unconditional release of all hostages, while also demanding humanitarian access for civilians. This abstention followed the veto of a previous U.S. proposal by Russia and China, which was criticized for being ambiguous and lacking international support. The U.S. abstention heightened tensions between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, particularly regarding a planned military operation in Rafah, Gaza, leading Netanyahu to cancel a high-level meeting with a White House delegation. Despite criticism for not condemning Hamas, the abstention reflected the Biden administration's frustration with Netanyahu and its commitment to negotiating a ceasefire coupled with the release of hostages.{{Cite web |last=Blinken |first=Anthony |date=March 25, 2024 |title=U.S. Abstention from UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza |url=https://www.state.gov/u-s-abstention-from-un-security-council-resolution-on-gaza/ |publisher=US Department of State}}{{Cite web |last=Kornbluh |first=Jacob |date=2024-03-25 |title=In a first, US withholds its veto and abstains from UN ceasefire resolution |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/595978/biden-un-abstains-ceasefire-gaza/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=The Forward |language=en}}

File:Vice President Harris met with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel at the White House in 2024 (2).jpg, July 2024]]

On April 18, 2024, the Biden Administration vetoed a UN resolution for Palestinian statehood.{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Michelle |date=2024-04-18 |title=US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-security-council-vote-thursday-palestinian-un-membership-2024-04-18/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Reuters |language=en}} Biden signed a bill to send $26 billion to Israel plus $1 billion in aid for Gaza on April 24.{{Cite web |last1=Madhani |first1=AAMER | last2= Kim | first2= Seung Min | date=2024-04-24 |title=Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-israel-b72aed9b195818735d24363f2bc34ea4 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=APNews |language=en}}

In May 2024, President Biden blocked a shipment of heavy bombs to Israel, citing concerns about potential civilian casualties in Gaza, particularly in Rafah, where many Palestinian refugees had sought shelter. This decision aimed to prevent the use of these bombs in a planned Israeli ground operation, marking a significant departure from previous U.S. support for Israel's military actions. Biden affirmed support for Israel's defense but emphasized withholding weapons for offensive operations that could harm civilians. This move highlighted growing tensions between the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. While some critics argued that Biden's decision undermined Israel's security, others viewed it as a necessary step to protect civilian lives and address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Historically, the U.S. has used military aid as leverage to influence Israeli policies.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-weapons-shipment-us-eed365ebef0477ba74bf9848cacae4f4 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Najjar |first=Maziar Motamedi,Farah |title=Israel's war on Gaza updates: Troops met with Hamas fire in Rafah operation |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-admits-israel-used-us-bombs-on-civilians |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} On May 31, Biden announced his support for an Israeli ceasefire proposal, saying that Hamas was "no longer capable" of another large-scale attack.{{cite web |last1=Berg |first1=Matt |last2=Ward |first2=Alexander | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/31/hamas-no-longer-poses-major-threat-to-israel-biden-says-00161053 | title=Hamas no longer poses major threat to Israel, Biden says | website=Politico | date=May 31, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}{{cite web |last=Khalid |first=Asma | url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/g-s1-2320/biden-israel-hamas-ceasefire-proposal | title=President Biden unveils and endorses details of a new Israeli cease-fire proposal | publisher=NPR | date=May 31, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Kanishka | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/whats-new-israel-ceasefire-proposal-biden-announced-2024-05-31/ | title=What's in the new Israel ceasefire proposal Biden announced? | work=Reuters | date=May 31, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024}} The proposal, which would establish a permanent ceasefire, release all hostages, and reconstruct the Gaza Strip, was supported by Hamas officials after mediation by Egypt and Qatar.{{cite web |last=Magid |first=Jacob | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/time-for-this-war-to-end-biden-tells-hamas-to-accept-israels-hostage-ceasefire-offer/ | title='Time for this war to end': Biden tells Hamas to accept Israel's hostage-ceasefire offer | website=The Times of Israel | date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Holland |first1=Steve |last2=Mackenzie |first2=James | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/biden-unveils-new-gaza-truce-proposal-hamas-responds-positively-2024-05-31/ | title=Biden details Gaza truce proposal, Hamas responds positively | work=Reuters | date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024}} The Netanyahu administration responded that Israel's goals regarding "the destruction of Hamas military and governing capabilities" had not changed and that conditions would need to be met before it would agree to a ceasefire.{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Benjamin |last2=Tanno |first2=Sophie | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/europe/netenyahu-ceasefire-hamas-contradiction-biden-intl/index.html | title=Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until Israel's war aims are achieved, raising questions over Biden peace proposal | publisher=CNN | date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Berman |first=Lazar | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-official-says-under-ceasefire-proposal-israel-can-renew-fighting-at-any-time-should-hamas-violate-terms/ | title=Israeli official to ToI: Under proposal, Israel can achieve all war goals before permanent ceasefire takes effect | newspaper=The Times of Israel | date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Madhani |first1=Aamer |last2=Megerian |first2=Chris |last3=Superville |first3=Darlene | url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-israel-hamas-58169a607d4a7c4d7fc34f43160076b8/ | title=Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war | publisher=Associated Press | date=May 31, 2023 |access-date=June 2, 2024}} In the first year of the war, it was estimated that the Biden administration had sent Israel at least $17.9 billion in military aid, a record.{{cite news |last1=Knickmeyer |first1=Ellen |title=US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7 |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-us-military-spending-8e6e5033f7a1334bf6e35f86e7040e14 |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=AP News |date=7 October 2024 |language=en}} In about the same period, it sent Palestinians $1.2 billion in humanitarian aid.{{cite news |last1=Ching |first1=Nike |title=Blinken announces $135M in additional US aid for Palestinians |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/blinken-announces-135-million-in-additional-us-aid-for-palestinians/7837681.html |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=Voice of America |date=24 October 2024 |language=en}} In the last week of Biden's presidency, Qatari officials announced that Hamas had accepted the ceasefire deal, with 33 hostages to be released pending Israeli approval. Biden hailed the deal, saying "it is long past time for the fighting to end and the work of building peace and security to begin" in a press release the same day.{{cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/15/statement-from-president-joe-biden-14/|title=Statement From President Biden: January 15, 2025|access-date=15 January 2025|work=The White House|date=January 15, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/15/israel-hamas-ceasefire-hostage-deal-agreed-to-in-principle.html|title=Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=NBC News |date=15 January 2025}}

On July 10, 2024, the Biden administration resumed shipments of the 500-pound bombs to Israel, which were halted in May over concerns about the humanitarian impact of Israel's use of them in killing Palestinians in Gaza.{{cite news |title=US resumes sending shipments of 500-pound bombs to Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/us-resumes-sending-shipments-of-500-pound-bombs-to-israel |work=Al Jazeera |date=11 July 2024}}

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On September 17, 2024, thousands of handheld pagers used by Hezbollah simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and Syria.{{Cite web |date=17 September 2024 |title=Exploding pagers belonging to Hezbollah kill 8 and injure more than 2,700 in Lebanon |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hezbollah-pagers-expolsion-lebanon-handheld-devices-rcna171457 |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}} The attack came just a day after the Biden administration's special envoy Amos Hochstein visited Israel and warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against provoking a major escalation in Lebanon.{{Cite news |last=Ravid |first=Barak |date=17 September 2024 |title=Israel didn't tell U.S. in advance about Hezbollah pager attack, officials said |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/hezbollah-pager-explosion-israel-didnt-tell-biden-administration |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=Axios}}

On September 26, 2024, U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib called on United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign in a social media post, citing the ProPublica story alleging he had rejected internal government findings about Israel blocking aid to Gaza. The internal findings, ProPublica reported, could have implications for U.S. military aid to Israel because of U.S. laws — which require an end to weapons shipments to countries that block U.S.-backed humanitarian aid.{{cite web |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |title=Tlaib calls on Blinken to resign over statements related to Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/09/26/congress/tlaib-calls-on-blinken-to-resign-00181168 |publisher=Politico |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=26 September 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Brett |title=Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken |publisher=ProPublica |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}}

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During a July 19, 2021 meeting at the White House with Jordanian King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein, Biden expressed "strong U.S. support for Jordan," a longtime U.S. partner in the Middle East, pushed for improving Israel–Jordan relations, and supported military cooperation between Jordan and the U.S. He and King Abdullah II also discussed Jordan's economic future and the American donation of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines to the Kingdom.{{cite news |last=Madhani |first=Aamer |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Biden calls Jordan king a loyal ally in 'tough neighborhood' |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-middle-east-government-and-politics-jordan-5c527e77c5e9c5b74f88dbfa9920e707 |work=Associated Press |access-date=August 2, 2021}}{{cite press release |author= |title=Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/19/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-meeting-with-king-abdullah-ii-of-jordan/ |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=White House |date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021}} The Biden Administration has continued to provide military and economic aid to Jordan, whose struggling economy has been damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite report |author=Jeremy M. Sharp |date=July 15, 2021 |title=Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33546.pdf |publisher=Congressional Research Service |page=2 |access-date=August 2, 2021}}

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The U.S. called for Russian, Turkish, and UAE forces (and their proxies) to immediately withdraw from Libya, after those countries ignored the January 23, 2021 deadline for foreign forces and mercenaries to leave the country (as set by a UN-backed ceasefire signed in October 2019 to end the war among the countries' factions and their foreign supporters). Richard M. Mills Jr., the Acting U.S. Ambassador to the UN, said, "We call on all external parties, to include Russia, Turkey and the UAE, to respect Libyan sovereignty and immediately cease all military intervention in Libya."{{cite news|title=US calls for withdrawal of Russian, Turkish forces from Libya|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/28/us-calls-for-withdrawal-of-russian-turkish-forces-from-libya|work=Al Jazeera|language=en|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=February 7, 2021}}

The Biden administration pressed the Egyptian government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to improve its poor human rights record, but nonetheless approved in February 2021 a $197 million sale of Rolling Airframe Missiles for the Egyptian Navy's coastal defenses, citing the country's role in regional security as a major non-NATO ally.{{cite news|last=Hansler|first=Jennifer|date=February 16, 2021|title=Biden administration approves arms sale to Egypt despite human rights concerns|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/politics/egypt-missile-sale/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=February 16, 2021}}{{cite news|title=US sells $200m in weapons to Egypt despite human rights abuses|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/us-sells-200m-in-weapons-to-egypt-despite-human-rights-abuses|website=Al Jazeera|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=February 17, 2021}}

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File:President Joe Biden stands with leaders of the GCC countries, Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan.jpg summit in Jeddah, July 2022]]

On January 27, 2021, the day after Antony Blinken took office as Secretary of State, the Biden administration put a temporary freeze on arms sales to Saudi Arabia (specifically, of precision-guided munitions) and the United Arab Emirates (specifically, of F-35 fighter jets) pending a review of billions of dollars' worth of weapons transactions approved by the Trump administration.{{cite news|last=Strobel|first=Warren P.|date=January 27, 2021|title=Biden freezes US arms sales to Saudi Arabia & UAE|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-freezes-u-s-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-uae-11611773191|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=January 28, 2021}}

In February 2021, shortly after taking office, Biden fulfilled a campaign pledge to end U.S. support for the five-year Saudi Arabian–led offensive in Yemen. The Saudi offensive caused a humanitarian crisis in Yemen (the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula) and failed to defeat the Iran-backed Houthis.{{cite news|last=Knickmeyer|first=Ellen|date=February 5, 2021|title=Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-end-support-saudi-offenseive-yemen-b68f58493dbfc530b9fcfdb80a13098f|work=Associated Press|access-date=June 14, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Foran|first=Clare|date=February 20, 2021|title=Lawmakers call Biden's Yemen policy a 'historic shift' in US foreign relations|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/20/politics/yemen-congress-biden-announcement/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=February 20, 2021}} Biden called for the warring parties to adopt a cease-fire, open channels to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid, and resume the Yemeni peace process. Shortly thereafter, the Biden administration also removed the Houthis from the State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations, a designation that the Trump administration had made in its final days in office. The designation had threatened to halt the delivery of food and humanitarian aid to Yemenis.{{cite news|last1=Jakes|first1=Lara|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|date=February 5, 2021|title=Biden Reverses Trump Terrorist Designation for Houthis in Yemen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/politics/biden-houthi-yemen-terrorist-designation.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=June 14, 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Hudson|first1=John|last2=Ryan|first2=Missy|date=February 5, 2021|title=Biden administration to remove Yemen's Houthi rebels from terrorism list in reversal of Trump-era policy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-yemen-rebels-terrorist-list/2021/02/05/e65e55c8-5b40-11eb-aaad-93988621dd28_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 5, 2021}} The Biden administration made clear that the U.S. would continue to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, continue U.S. cooperation with the Saudi government on military and counterterrorism issues, and continue U.S. efforts against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

Biden chose to deal directly with King Salman, bypassing the young Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the de facto Saudi leader, whose standing in Washington was seriously damaged by the assassination of dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his jailing of Saudi dissidents, and his role in the Yemeni war.{{cite web|last=Koduvayur|first=Varsha|date=February 17, 2021|title=Riyadh Seeks Biden's Forgiveness|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/17/saudi-arabia-mohammed-bin-salman-biden-reset-relations/|website=Foreign Policy|access-date=February 17, 2021}}{{cite news|last=DeYoung|first=Karen|date=February 26, 2021|title=Saudi crown prince approved operation that led to death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. intelligence report concludes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/khashoggi-killing-intelligence-report-release-mbs-saudi-arabia/2021/02/26/df5f6e58-7844-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 26, 2021}} The administration announced that it would not deal with MBS in any capacity except Saudi defense minister, the position he holds in addition to being crown prince and designated heir. In an attempt to repair the kingdom's image to a deeply skeptical new administration, the Saudi government undertook certain reforms in early 2021 that the U.S. had urged, including releasing imprisoned activist Loujain al-Hathloul and some other political prisoners, beginning judicial reforms, and revising state-approved school textbooks to eliminate certain material that promoted Islamic extremism, radicalization, and anti-Semitism. In February 2021, the Biden administration publicly released a report (long withheld by the Trump administration) by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, containing U.S. intelligence's assessment that MBS had approved the Saudi operation that led to Khashoggi's brutal murder in October 2018, basing this conclusion on "the Crown Prince's control of decisionmaking in the Kingdom, the direct involvement of a key adviser and members of Muhammad bin Salman's protective detail in the operation, and the Crown Prince's support for using violent measures to silence dissidents abroad, including Khashoggi."{{cite news|last1=Gaouette|first1=Nicole|last2=Herb|first2=Jeremy|date=February 26, 2021|title=US intelligence report finds Saudi Crown Prince responsible for approving operation that killed Khashoggi|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/biden-administration-khashoggi-report/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=February 26, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Haltiwanger|first=John|date=February 26, 2021|title=Biden administration releases report on Khashoggi's killing directly implicating Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman|url=https://news.yahoo.com/biden-administration-releases-report-khashoggis-181337251.html|website=Business Insider|access-date=February 27, 2021}}

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After the report was released, the administration announced a new "Khashoggi ban" policy,{{cite news|last=Berger|first=Miriam|date=February 27, 2021|title=_What Biden did — and didn't do — after U.S. report on Khashoggi's killing by Saudi agents|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/02/27/faq-what-biden-did-didnt-do-after-us-report-khashoggis-killing-by-saudi-agents/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 27, 2021}} allowing the U.S. government to bar visas for persons working for a foreign government that are directly engaged in "serious, extraterritorial counter-dissident activities, including those that suppress, harass, surveil, threaten, or harm journalists, activists, or other persons perceived to be dissidents for their work." The travel ban was imposed against 76 Saudi citizens, including Ahmad Asiri, the ex-Saudi intelligence chief who helped orchestrate the Khashoggi operation, and on the Saudi Royal Guard's Rapid Intervention Force, the MBS bodyguard unit under the crown prince's personal control. Despite pressure from human rights groups and some Democrats to do so, the administration did not impose any direct sanctions on MBS personally, determining that the damage to Saudi–U.S. relations would be too grave.{{cite news|last=Sanger|first=David E.|date=February 26, 2021|title=Biden Won't Penalize Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi's Killing, Fearing Relations Breach|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/biden-mbs-khashoggi.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 26, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Katelyn|date=February 27, 2021|title=Democrats call for Biden to punish Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi's murder|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/27/22304505/democrats-biden-mbs-khashoggi|website=Vox|access-date=February 27, 2021}} Administration officials announced that it intended to use the "Khashoggi ban" policy against officials in other countries, such as Russia, China, and Turkey, that have attempted to silence critics living in the U.S., Europe, or other free nations.

Human rights groups have urged the Biden administration to prioritize the restoration of human rights in Bahrain as a key component of the U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.{{cite web|title=15 Rights Groups Urge Biden Administration to Place Human Rights "at the Centre" of US-Bahrain Foreign Policy|url=https://www.adhrb.org/2021/03/15-rights-groups-urge-biden/|website=ADHRB|date=March 5, 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Prioritising Human Rights in Foreign Policy with Bahrain|url=https://usercontent.one/wp/www.adhrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03_03_21-NGO-Letter_-Bahrain-final.pdf|website=ADHRB|date=March 3, 2021|access-date=March 3, 2021}}

An administration source cited that they were preparing an overhaul of arms export policy, aimed at gaining balance between American defense contractors and commitment to human rights. The new policy is said to affect arms sales to countries accused of human rights violations. Major arms sales like the $23 billion arms deal with the UAE also remained in limbo following the new shift in the policy, as progressives in the President's party are against the sale due to Emirates' role in the Yemeni Civil War.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-biden-plans-shift-arms-export-policy-favor-human-rights-sources-2021-08-04/|title=EXCLUSIVE-Biden plans shift in arms policy to add weight to human rights concerns|access-date=August 4, 2021|website=Reuters|date=August 4, 2021|last1=Stone|first1=Mike|last2=Zengerle|first2=Patricia}}{{cite web|url=https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/amphib-boxer-soon-to-be-sidelined-again-for-18-months-of-maintenance/|title=UAE Arms Sale Remains In Limbo Pending Biden Review|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=Breaking Defense|date=August 5, 2021}}

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On February 15, 2021, an Iranian-backed militia launched a missile attack on the airport in Erbil in northern Iraq, killing a Filipino contractor with the U.S.-led military coalition and wounding six others, including five Americans. In retaliation, Biden ordered an airstrike on the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah (KH) and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) militias in eastern Syria, just across the border with Iraq (between Al Qaem and Abu Kamal). This was the administration's first military action. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby described the American retaliation as a proportionate response meant to punish the perpetrators but not to escalate hostilities with Iran.{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Helene|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|date=February 25, 2021|title=U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Target Iran-Backed Militias That Rocketed American Troops in Iraq|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/biden-syria-airstrike-iran.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 25, 2021}}{{cite web|last1=Lubold|first1=Gordon|last2=Gordon|first2=Michael R.|last3=Youssef|first3=Nancy A.|date=March 4, 2021|title=Biden Called Off Strike on a Second Military Target in Syria Last Week|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-military-strike-in-syria-shows-biden-team-at-work-11614866795|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 5, 2021}} Biden called off a second planned strike at the last minute after military reconnaissance identified civilians in the intended target.{{cite web|last1=De Luce|first1=Dan|last2=Lee|first2=Carol E.|date=March 4, 2021|title=Biden called off strike against the second target in Syria to avoid killing civilians, say officials|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/biden-called-strike-against-second-target-syria-avoid-killing-civilians-n1259680|website=NBC News|access-date=March 5, 2021}}

On June 27, 2021, the U.S. carried out a round of airstrikes against three operational and arms storage facilities of Iran-backed militias in the Syria-Iraq border region. The Pentagon press secretary stated that the action was in response to UAV attacks by the militias.{{cite web|last=Falconer|first=Rebecca|title=Biden orders U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq-Syria border region|url=https://www.axios.com/biden-airstrikes-iran-backed-militias-iraq-syria-border-a9e6b94a-9c7c-4a67-94ac-359eb92fa808.html|access-date=2021-06-28 |website=Axios|date=June 28, 2021|language=en}}

On February 3, 2022, ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi killed himself during a counterterrorism operation by the U.S. Special Forces in Atme in northwest Syria.{{cite web|last1=Starr|first1=Barbara|last2=Liebermann|first2=Oren |last3=Herb|first3=Jeremy|last4=Kourdi|first4=Eyad|date=February 3, 2022|title=ISIS leader killed in US-led Syria raid, Biden says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/03/world/syria-us-special-forces-raid-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=February 6, 2022|website=CNN}}

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In his confirmation hearings, Blinken stated that "we are very clear eyed" about the challenges posed by Turkey and said that the Turkish government under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was "not acting like an ally" and would review if sanctions were necessary against Erdoğan's government due to its purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-biden-blinken-turkey-int/u-s-secretary-of-state-nominee-blinken-says-turkey-not-acting-like-an-ally-idUSKBN29P001|title=U.S. secretary of state nominee Blinken says Turkey not acting like an ally|date=January 19, 2021|work=Reuters}} Under the previous administration, Turkish–U.S. relations were strained over policy differences regarding Syria, Turkey's oil exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, and Turkey's role in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, as well as Turkey's demands (rejected by the U.S.) for the extradition of dissident Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.{{cite news|title=Turkey's president wishes to improve testy relations with US|url=https://apnews.com/f8166718da5573fc38040594f737c2a9|work=Associated Press|date=February 20, 2021|access-date=June 14, 2021}}

Biden praised President Erdoğan for "doing a great job" regarding the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the enlargement of NATO.{{cite news |title=Biden praises Erdogan at Madrid NATO summit |url=https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/biden-praises-erdogan-at-madrid-nato-summit/ |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=29 June 2022}}

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Since June 2021, the United States has shared 114,570,820 safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses with the people of Bangladesh – free of cost. Bangladesh is the largest recipient of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine donations with over 150 million dosages. Since the beginning of the pandemic, U.S. support has trained more than 50,000 healthcare providers and other workers on safely administering vaccines across 64 districts, donated 18 freezer vans, 750 freezer units, and 8,000 vaccine carriers to help transport 71 million doses of vaccines to remote areas and directly administered 84 million vaccinations.{{cite web |url=https://bd.usembassy.gov/28797/ |title=U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Donations to Bangladesh Surpass 100 Million Mark |website=U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh|date=9 November 2022 }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/john-kerrys-speech-emk-centre-1277728 |title=John Kerry's speech at EMK Centre |date=30 August 2016 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-10-29}}

After the Biden administration imposed visa sanctions on Bangladeshi officials for human rights and other reasons, it was severely criticized by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=PM Hasina: Maybe US does not want me in power |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2023/05/16/pm-hasina-maybe-us-does-not-want-me-in-power |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.dhakatribune.com |language=en}}

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In their first telephone call on February 8, 2021, Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to close cooperation on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and promoting a "free and open Indo-Pacific region" and agreed that the "rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld" in India's regional neighbor Burma, in which the military seized power in a coup.{{cite news|last=O'Donnell|first=Tim|date=February 8, 2021|title=Biden speaks with Modi, but doesn't mention India's farmer protests|url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/965661/biden-speaks-modi-but-doesnt-mention-indias-farmer-protests|work=The Week|access-date=June 15, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Leary|first=Alex|date=February 8, 2021|title=Biden, India's Modi Discuss Myanmar, Security Challenges Posed by China|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-modi-hold-talks-on-myanmar-security-challenges-posed-by-china-11612823473|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=June 15, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Madhani|first=Aamer|date=February 8, 2021|title=Biden, Modi pledge cooperation as both deal with China|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-xi-jinping-india-coronavirus-pandemic-12657c4dfe63106095a4d4d90b309ba4|work=Associated Press|access-date=June 15, 2021}} Addressing regional security issues posed by China, Biden and Modi expressed "support for freedom of navigation, territorial integrity, and a stronger regional architecture through the Quad" (the U.S., India, Japan, and Australia). Biden made no direct mention of the ongoing farmers' protests, but noted that a "shared commitment to democratic values" serves as the bedrock for the India–U.S. relationship. Modi stated after the call that both he and Biden are "committed to a rules-based international order" and "look forward to consolidating our strategic partnership."

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Relations with Pakistan had been frosty, with Wendy Sherman making it clear that the administration will not currently build further bilateral relations as it has with India. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was reportedly "angry" for not having received a phone call from Biden yet, as of October 2021. Pakistan-India relations, and the situation in Afghanistan, played big parts in this - after Taliban militants took control of Kabul two months prior, Khan described it as “breaking the chains of slavery”.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/10/biden-administration-delivers-brusque-message-to-pakistan |title=Biden administration delivers brusque message to Pakistan | Pakistan |work=The Guardian |date= October 10, 2021|accessdate=2022-08-15}} By the end of the year, Imran Khan was reportedly the "only major world leader" with whom Biden had not spoken with on the phone.{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2335754/why-is-biden-ignoring-pakistan |title=Why is Biden ignoring Pakistan? |publisher=Tribune.com.pk |date= December 26, 2021|accessdate=2022-08-15}}

When Khan was facing a no-confidence motion in parliament, he blamed the United States for seeking to oust him, calling it part of an "international conspiracy". The United States denied these claims.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-01/u-s-denies-imran-khan-s-claim-it-wants-him-ousted-in-pakistan |author1=Daniel Ten Kate |author2=Khalid Qayum |title=U.S. Denies Khan's Claim It Wants Him Ousted in Pakistan |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=1 April 2022 |accessdate=2022-08-15}} Khan lost the no-confidence vote on April 9, 2022{{cite web |work=Deutsche Welle|url=https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-pm-imran-khan-loses-no-confidence-vote/a-61304147 |title=Pakistan PM Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote |date=2022-04-09 |accessdate=2022-08-15}} and Shehbaz Sharif took his place as Prime Minister of Pakistan.{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1686864 | title=Biden urged to call Shehbaz | date=April 26, 2022 }} In August 2023, according to a leaked diplomatic cable at the March 7, 2022 meeting from Pakistan received by The Intercept, the US State department encouraged removal of Imran Khan owing to his neutral stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Ryan Grim, Murtaza |date=2023-08-09 |title=Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan |url=https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/imran-khan-pakistan-cypher-ukraine-russia/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}

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On October 27, 2021, President Biden attended a virtual summit with ASEAN (East Asia Summit) which was last attended by a U.S. president in 2017. Biden urged "shared vision for a region where every country can compete and succeed on a level playing field."{{cite web|title=Biden joins U.S.-ASEAN summit, announces up to $102m in funding|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Biden-joins-U.S.-ASEAN-summit-announces-up-to-102m-in-funding|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Nikkei Asia|archive-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112134025/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Biden-joins-U.S.-ASEAN-summit-announces-up-to-102m-in-funding|url-status=dead}} The 9 of 10 attending ASEAN members were Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Myanmar's military government skipped the summit amid controversies with Brunei, current chair of the summit, and Cambodia. Biden's comments on the summit focused on democracy in the region and the international rules-based order.{{cite web |date=2021-10-27|title=Biden calls out China's Taiwan actions as 'coercive' |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-russia-asia-china-f7d0f3aec4e1e0f8e0baa4992e8149c1 |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=AP NEWS|language=en}} The National Security Council's East Asia director, Edgard Kagan, clarified the aims of the Quad as not intended to be "an Asian NATO" and exists alongside the existing ASEAN. Additionally, the White House planned to fund $102 million towards climate, health, economic and education programs to advance strategic partnership with ASEAN.

In 2022, President Biden announced the elevation of US-ASEAN relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) at the U.S.–ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-06 |title=FACT SHEET: U.S.-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, One Year On |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/05/fact-sheet-u-s-asean-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-one-year-on/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

In September 2023, Vice President Kamala Harris attended the 11th US–ASEAN summit in Jakarta. In her prepared remarks, she announced a planned establishment of the first U.S.-ASEAN Center in Washington D.C. through a public-private partnership, with a mission of further strengthening US-ASEAN ties.{{Cite web |title=Establishment of a U.S.-ASEAN Center in Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.state.gov/establishment-of-a-u-s-asean-center-in-washington-d-c/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}

On December 14, 2023, the State Department announced the formal opening of the U.S.–ASEAN Center in D.C., launched in partnership with Arizona State University.{{Cite web |title=Remarks at the Opening of the U.S.-ASEAN Center |url=https://www.state.gov/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-u-s-asean-center/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}} Describing the center as a demonstration of "the next step in the US-ASEAN relationship," Elizabeth M. Allen noted it will be "an inclusive and accessible space for scholars to dig into important issues and research," "a convening platform for the diplomatic community and U.S. officials as well as think tankers, civil society, and private sector representatives," "a venue for business roundtables that strengthen networks," "a forum for conferences that engages leading minds and diverse young people on the pressing issues," as well as "a unique site for high level dialogues."

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On November 13, 2023, during a meeting between President Biden and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the two countries announced a new comprehensive strategic partnership. However, Indonesia continues to maintain a policy of neutrality between the United States and China.{{Cite web |title=Indonesia and the U.S. Strengthen Ties under Cloud of Gaza War |url=https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/11/indonesia-and-us-strengthen-ties-under-cloud-gaza-war |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115233339/https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/11/indonesia-and-us-strengthen-ties-under-cloud-gaza-war |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=United States Institute of Peace |language=en}}

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Biden condemned the 2021 coup d'état in Myanmar and called upon the military to release State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the other officials whom they had detained. He stated that the "United States opposes any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impede Myanmar's democratic transition."{{cite press release|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/31/statement-by-white-house-spokesperson-jen-psaki-on-burma/|title=Statement by White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki on Burma|date=February 1, 2021|publisher=The White House}} Biden called upon the military to "relinquish power it seized and demonstrate respect for the will of the people of Burma" and imposed new U.S. sanctions against the military coup plotters (some of whom were already under sanctions for atrocities against the Rohingya minority), including freezing $1 billion in assets.{{cite news|last1=Madhani|first1=Aamer|last2=Lemire|first2=Jonathan|date=February 10, 2021|title=Biden orders sanctions against Myanmar after the military coup|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-orders-sanctions-myanmar-coup-a078bebbe37d104d5a793408e710fdaa|work=Associated Press|access-date=February 10, 2021}}

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In February 2021, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown in a military coup led by Min Aung Hlaing. The United States condemned the coup and threatened to impose sanctions.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/01/myanmar-coup-us-and-china-divided-in-response-to-army-takeover-aung-san-suu-kyi|title=Myanmar coup: Joe Biden threatens to resume sanctions|work=The Guardian|first1=Patrick|last1=Wintour|first2=Julian|last2=Bolger|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021}} They later followed through on the threat on February 10, when President Joe Biden announced sanctions on Myanmar military leaders and their business associates.{{Cite web|last=Payne|first=Daniel|title=Biden announces sanctions on Myanmar after coup|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/10/biden-myanmar-sanctions-468401|access-date=February 10, 2021|date=February 10, 2021|website=Politico|language=en}}

In August 2021, as the protests escalated into greater conflict, two Myanmar citizens in the United States were arrested over an alleged plot to hire hitmen to assassinate Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar's representative to the United Nations in New York. Kyaw Moe Tun had defied the military coup publicly at the UN earlier in 2021 continuing to represent the ousted government.{{cite news |title=Myanmar military says had 'nothing to do' with UN envoy plot |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/10/myanmar-military-says-had-nothing-to-do-with-un-envoy-plot |work=Al Jazeera |date=10 August 2021}}

On March 21, 2022, the United States formally recognized the Rohingya genocide in a decision announced by Antony Blinken.{{Cite news |last1=Pamuk |first1=Humeyra |last2=Lewis |first2=Simon |date=2022-03-21 |title=Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-biden-administration-rules-myanmar-army-committed-genocide-against-2022-03-20/ |access-date=2022-09-21}}

On July 23, 2022, the State Administration Council junta of Myanmar executed four political prisoners, marking the first time the death penalty had been carried out in Myanmar since the late 1980s.{{Cite web |date=25 July 2022 |title=Myanmar: First executions in decades mark atrocious escalation in state repression |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/myanmar-first-executions-in-decades-mark-atrocious-escalation-in-state-repression/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Amnesty International |language=en}} The G7 nations, including the United States, issued a joint statement condemning the executions for its disregard of human rights and the rule of law.{{Cite news |date=26 July 2022 |title=World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-execute-four-democracy-activists-state-media-2022-07-25/ |access-date=2022-09-22}} The State Department further pressed China to influence the situation stating that "it cannot be business as usual with the junta."{{Cite web |date=26 July 2022 |title=Myanmar executions: US presses China to rein in junta, saying it cannot be 'business as usual' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/26/myanmar-executions-us-presses-china-to-rein-in-junta-saying-it-cannot-be-business-as-usual |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

In November 2022, the United States and the European Union announced further sanctions on individuals and companies connected with atrocities in Myanmar's war targeting military junta officials, arms dealers and their associated companies. One arms company targeted was Sky Aviator Company and its owner Kyaw Min Oo, who the State department assessed as a key supplier of military aircraft parts to the junta's lethal air strikes against civilians and political opposition.{{cite web |title=Designation of the Burmese Regime's Military Aircraft Suppliers |url=https://www.state.gov/designation-of-the-burmese-regimes-military-aircraft-suppliers/ |last=Blinken |first=Anthony J. |date=8 November 2022 |website=United States Department of State}}

In December 2022, The BURMA Act was passed in Congress authorising sanctions on individuals involved in the coup d'état, providing support to civil society and humanitarian assistance as well as creating a position within the State Department dedicated to democracy in Burma.{{cite web |url=https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2022/4/meeks-issues-statement-on-house-passage-of-burma-act |title=Meeks Issues Statement on House Passage of BURMA Act |date=6 April 2022 |website=House Foreign Affairs Committee}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate Passes Burma Act Bill |url=https://www.abc-usa.org/2022/12/u-s-senate-passes-burma-act-bill/ |website=American Baptist Churches USA |date=16 December 2022}}

On October 26, 2023, at the State Administration Council meeting, General Min Aung Hlaing blamed the US for its containment policy against China and provoking unrest in Myanmar.{{cite news |title=Myanmar Junta Boss Blames His Coup and Ensuing National Disaster on US |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-boss-blames-his-coup-and-ensuing-national-disaster-on-us.html |access-date=October 30, 2023 |agency=The Irrawaddy}}

On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Myanmar's state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), responsible for oil and gas extraction, production, and distribution, and generating significant revenue for the military regime. The sanction also targeted the regime's five top officials: Charlie Than, Kan Zaw, Swe Swe Aung, Zaw Min, and General Maung Maung Aye.{{cite web |title=Treasury Prohibits Financial Services with Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise and Imposes Additional Sanctions on Burma Military Regime Officials and Supporters |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1856 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |access-date=October 31, 2023}}

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According to a report by Reuters, in 2021 the Biden administration participated in a U.S. military-run propaganda campaign to spread disinformation about the Sinovac Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, which had begun in 2020 during the Trump administration.{{Cite news |last1=Bing |first1=Chris |last2=Schechtman |first2=Joel |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Pentagon Ran Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China during Pandemic |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ |work=Reuters}} The campaign was described as "payback" for COVID-19 disinformation by China directed against the U.S.{{Cite web |last=Toropin |first=Konstantin |date=2024-06-14 |title=Pentagon Stands by Secret Anti-Vaccination Disinformation Campaign in Philippines After Reuters Report |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/06/14/pentagon-stands-secret-anti-vaccination-disinformation-campaign-philippines-after-reuters-report.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614223757/https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/06/14/pentagon-stands-secret-anti-vaccination-disinformation-campaign-philippines-after-reuters-report.html |archive-date=2024-06-14 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Military.com |language=en}} Primarily targeting people in the Philippines, the campaign used fake social media accounts to spread disinformation, including that the Sinovac vaccine contained pork-derived ingredients and was therefore haram under Islamic law.

On the sidelines of the September 2022 United Nations General Assembly meeting, Filipino President Bongbong Marcos met with Biden and gave assurances that the Philippines would remain "partner, ally, friend" to the U.S. Biden acknowledged that the U.S.-Philippine relationship faced "rocky times", but assured Marcos that the U.S. wishes to keep strengthening it. The two leaders discussed increased cooperation on renewable energy, the South China Sea, relations with Taiwan, the Russia-Ukraine war, energy and food prices, and human rights.{{cite web | last=Gita-Carlos | first=Ruth Abbey | title=US remains PH 'partner, ally, friend,' Marcos tells Biden | website=Philippine News Agency | date=September 23, 2022 | url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1184391 | access-date=April 12, 2023}}

In response to increased military threats from China, the Biden administration's efforts in early 2023, led by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, resulted in Marcos' administration opening up access to four Philippine military bases (on top of the current five) for the U.S. military, under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, and considering negotiating with the U.S. and key ally Japan on a common defense pact.{{cite web | title='A big deal': US, Philippines tighten military ties | last1=Gomez|first1=Jim|last2=Knickmeyer|first2=Ellen|website=AP NEWS | date=February 2, 2023 | url=https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-politics-united-states-government-ferdinand-marcos-jr-lloyd-austin-149f981290f849c62a684bea5d0d276b | access-date=April 12, 2023}}{{cite web | last=Grossman | first=Derek | title=The Philippines Is America's New Star Ally in Asia | website=Foreign Policy | date=February 21, 2023 | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/21/philippines-marcos-bongbong-china-japan-us-alliance-indo-pacific-geopolitics/ | access-date=April 12, 2023}}

{{See also|AUKUS|Australia–United States relations#Biden administration (2021–2025)}}

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On September 15, 2021, Biden held a meeting about AUKUS with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to announce that the U.S. will share their nuclear submarine technology with Australia as part of a nuclear propulsion and defense partnership with the country and the U.K. It was the first time since 1958, when then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the technology to Great Britain, that America shared nuclear submarine technology with the British.{{cite news|last1=Rascoe|first1=Ayesha|last2=Wise|first2=Alana|date=September 15, 2021|title=Why Biden Is Taking The Rare Step Of Sharing Nuclear Submarine Tech With Australia|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/15/1037338887/why-biden-is-taking-the-rare-step-of-sharing-nuclear-submarine-tech-with-austral|access-date=September 22, 2021}} Biden stated that the deal was a way to "address both the current strategic environment in the (Indo-Pacific) region and how it may evolve".{{cite web|date=September 16, 2021|title=Joe Biden announces Indo-Pacific alliance AUKUS with UK, Australia ahead of Quad summit|website=Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/joe-biden-announces-indo-pacific-alliance-aukus-with-uk-australia-ahead-of-quad-summit-9968881.html|access-date=September 22, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916065125/https://www.firstpost.com/world/joe-biden-announces-indo-pacific-alliance-aukus-with-uk-australia-ahead-of-quad-summit-9968881.html|archive-date=September 16, 2021}}

{{See also|New Zealand–United States relations#Political relations}}

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On 1 June 2022, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris in order to reaffirm the US–New Zealand bilateral relationship. The two heads of government also issued a joint statement reaffirming bilateral cooperation on various international issues including the Indo-Pacific, the South China Sea dispute, Chinese tensions with Taiwan, alleged human rights violations in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, and support for Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In addition, Ardern and Biden reaffirmed cooperation in the areas of climate change mitigation, oceanic governance, managing pollution and pandemics, and combating extremism.{{cite web |title=United States – Aotearoa New Zealand Joint Statement |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/31/united-states-aotearoa-new-zealand-joint-statement/ |publisher=The White House |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602110347/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/31/united-states-aotearoa-new-zealand-joint-statement/ |archive-date=2 June 2022 |date=31 May 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Malpass |first1=Luke |title=Joe Biden meeting has strengthened NZ's relationship with US, Jacinda Ardern says |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128821537/joe-biden-meeting-has-strengthened-nzs-relationship-with-us-jacinda-ardern-says |access-date=2 June 2022 |work=Stuff |date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531223709/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128821537/joe-biden-meeting-has-strengthened-nzs-relationship-with-us-jacinda-ardern-says |archive-date=31 May 2022|url-status=live}} In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry official Zhao Lijian accused New Zealand and the United States of spreading disinformation about China's diplomatic engagement with Pacific Islands countries and interfering in Chinese internal affairs. He urged Washington to end its alleged Cold War mentality towards China and Wellington to adhere to its stated "independent foreign policy."{{cite web |title=Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on June 1, 2022 |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/202206/t20220601_10697636.html |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602111950/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/202206/t20220601_10697636.html |archive-date=2 June 2022 |date=1 June 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Manch |first1=Thomas |last2=Morrison |first2=Tina |title=China heavily criticises New Zealand for 'ulterior motives' after Biden meeting |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128843738/china-heavily-criticises-new-zealand-for-ulterior-motives-after-biden-meeting |access-date=2 June 2022 |work=Stuff |date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602111408/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128843738/china-heavily-criticises-new-zealand-for-ulterior-motives-after-biden-meeting |archive-date=2 June 2022|url-status=live}}

On 9-11 July 2024, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attended the 2024 NATO summit as an Indo-Pacific ally. During the visit, he met US President Joe Biden along with several Republican and Democratic senators and Congressmen including Bill Hagerty, Michael McCaul, Gregory Meeks and Ben Cardin. In addition, Luxon met several international leaders including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles. On 11 July, Luxon visited San Francisco, where he met Californian Governor Gavin Newsom.{{Cite web |last=Witton |first=Bridie |date=9 July 2024 |title=Prime Minister Christopher Luxon heads to Nato amid swirling global political headwinds |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350335706/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-heads-nato-amid-swirling-global-political |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=Stuff}}

{{See also|Papua New Guinea–United States relations#History}}

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In May 2023, a defense agreement was announced between the two countries.{{Cite news |last=Needham |first=Kirsty |date=2023-05-10 |title=Biden to sign defence pact in Papua New Guinea, with eyes on China |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-sign-defence-pact-papua-new-guinea-with-eyes-china-2023-05-10/ |access-date=2023-05-10}}{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2023 |title=U.S. eyes access to Papua New Guinea naval base and airport |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/U.S.-eyes-access-to-Papua-New-Guinea-naval-base-and-airport |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Kuku |first=Rebecca |date=2023-05-22 |title=US and Papua New Guinea sign pact amid Pacific militarisation concerns |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/22/us-png-defence-security-agreement-papua-new-guinea-china-india-modi-pacific-militarisation-concerns |access-date=2023-05-23 |issn=0261-3077}} The PNG Prime Minister James Marape agreed to release the full details of the agreement but categorically stated that the US would be prohibited from launching an offensive war from the Island. The agreement is seen as a part of the on-going tension between the United States and China over influence in the region.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-23 |title=Papua New Guinea won't be base 'for war to be launched', says PM, after US security deal |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/23/papua-new-guinea-pm-james-marape-antony-blinken-us-png-defence-security-deal |access-date=2023-05-23}} On 22 May, the United States and Papuan governments formally signed two defence and maritime agreements.{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Nick |title=US signs new security pact with Papua New Guinea amid competition with China |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/300886209/us-signs-new-security-pact-with-papua-new-guinea-amid-competition-with-china |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=Stuff |date=22 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524022704/https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/300886209/us-signs-new-security-pact-with-papua-new-guinea-amid-competition-with-china|archive-date=24 May 2023|url-status=live}} The agreements permit use of Lombrum Naval Base and Momote Airport.{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2023 |title=U.S. military to use Papua New Guinea naval base for 15 years |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Defense/U.S.-military-to-use-Papua-New-Guinea-naval-base-for-15-years |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB}} In response, students from several Papuan universities including the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, University of Goroka, and University of Papua New Guinea staged protests to coincide with the signing of the bilateral security treaty, calling for transparency and clarity.{{cite news |last1=Waide |first1=Scott |last2=Lewis |first2=Lydia |title='There must be clarity': PNG students protest US defence deal |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/490397/there-must-be-clarity-png-students-protest-us-defence-deal |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=22 May 2023}}{{cite web |title='Two-way highway' – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests |url=https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/05/23/two-way-highway-png-us-defence-pact-signed-in-spite-of-protests/ |website=Asia Pacific Report |access-date=24 May 2023 |date=23 May 2023}}

In November and December 2023, Papua New Guinea voted against an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the UN General Assembly.{{Cite web |title=Six Pacific nations oppose Gaza ceasefire and aid resolution |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/11/03/six-pacific-nations-oppose-gaza-ceasefire-resolution/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Te Ao Māori News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144717 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=news.un.org |language=en}} New Zealand newspaper Te Ao Maori News claimed it "looks as though they’re aligning themselves with Israel and the United States". University of Canterbury professor Steven Ratuva claimed this was because of "the rise of evangelical movements in the region which are linked to the evangelical movements in the United States, which are in support of Trump, in support of Israel and zionism generally". Ratuva also described their economic reliance on the United States as a factor in the decision.

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On January 27, the Department of State demanded that Eritrea withdraw from the Tigray War in Ethiopia.{{cite news|last=Anna|first=Cara|date=January 27, 2021|title=US says Eritrean forces should leave Tigray immediately|url=https://apnews.com/article/eritrea-coronavirus-pandemic-africa-ethiopia-kenya-83b90a145d271eb39d664726bd5acbe5|work=Associated Press|access-date=January 27, 2021}}

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power, an appointee of President Biden, is scheduled to meet with Ethiopian officials in early August 2021 with the goal of preventing war-induced famine in Tigray. Power has called for "unimpeded humanitarian access to prevent famine...and meet urgent needs." Ethiopia accuses Tigray rebel forces (the TPLF and TDF) of blocking aid access;{{cite news |last=Magdy |first=Samy |date=July 31, 2021 |title=US official lands in Sudan to support democratic transition |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-middle-east-africa-sudan-cab65a1ee0375e9f2451711b22aa88fc |work=Associated Press |access-date=August 1, 2021}} Tigray forces blame the Ethiopian federal government.{{cite news |last2=Edenshaw |first2=Dawit |last1=Nichols |first1=Michelle |date=July 3, 2021 |title=U.N. warns of more violence in Tigray, Ethiopia denies blocking aid |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-says-tigray-ceasefire-work-progress-amid-fears-famine-2021-07-01/ |work=Reuters |access-date=August 1, 2021}}

{{Main|Liberia–United States relations}}

On January 20, 2021, his first day in office, Biden sent a memorandum to the U.S. State Department reinstating Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to Liberians.{{cite journal |title=Reinstating Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians |journal=The White House |date=January 20, 2021 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/reinstating-deferred-enforced-departure-for-liberians/ |access-date=January 21, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Axelrod |first1=Tal |title=These are the executive orders Biden has signed so far |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535245-these-are-the-executive-orders-biden-has-signed-so-far |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Hill |date=January 21, 2021}}

{{Main|Somalia–United States relations}}

Although most U.S. troops were withdrawn from Somalia in early January 2021, an undisclosed number of U.S. troops participated in a training program against Al-Shabaab jihadists on January 31.{{cite news|last=Pawlyk|first=Oriana|date=February 1, 2021|title=After Most US Troops Pull Out of Somalia, Some Reenter for Training Event|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-us-troops-pull-somalia-214939689.html|work=Yahoo! News|access-date=February 7, 2021}}

On July 20, 2021, the U.S. Air Force carried out the first airstrike against position of the al-Shabaab group under the Biden administration. The airstrike took place in the city of Galkayo, Somalia.{{cite news |title=U.S. military carries out first air strike in Somalia under Biden |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-military-carries-out-first-air-strike-somalia-under-biden-2021-07-20/ |access-date=July 20, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=July 20, 2021}}

{{Main|Sudan–United States relations}}

USAID Administrator Samantha Power arrived in Sudan on July 31, 2021, to meet with senior transition officials. Sudan has been ruled by military and civilian leaders ever since the deposition of longtime Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir in a military coup amid popular protests. Power will meet chairman of the transitional military-civilian Sovereignty Council Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.

Power described Sudan as "an inspiring example to the world that no leader is ever permanently immune from the will of their people;" she is expected to strengthen U.S. ties with the pro-Western transitional government and leverage USAID's resources to support Sudan's transition to a civilian democracy.

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Consistent with his campaign pledges,{{cite news|last1=Kentikelenis|first1=Alexander|last2=Voeten|first2=Erik|date=December 16, 2020|title=Biden promises to embrace multilateralism again. World leaders agree.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/16/biden-promises-embrace-multilateralism-again-world-leaders-agree/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 16, 2020}}{{cite news|last=Ellyatt|first=Holly|date=December 14, 2020|title=A return to multilateralism under Joe Biden is 'extremely promising,' OECD says|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/bidens-return-to-multilateralism-is-extremely-promising-oecd-says.html|work=CNBC|access-date=December 14, 2020}} Biden brought the U.S. back into several multilateral organizations and agreements.{{cite web|last=Edelman|first=Adam|date=February 8, 2021|title=Biden administration to rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council in another reversal of Trump|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-rejoin-u-n-human-rights-council-another-reversal-n1256997|website=NBC News|access-date=February 9, 2021}}

In early February 2021, soon after taking office, the Biden returned the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council (which the Trump administration withdrew from in 2018) and directed the State Department "to re-engage immediately and robustly" with the council; Blinken, Biden's secretary of state, said that "The best way to improve the Council, so it can achieve its potential, is through robust and principled U.S. leadership."

Biden also rescinded the Mexico City Policy. The policy, first adopted under Reagan, has been alternately imposed under Republican administrations and rescinded under Democratic ones,{{cite news|last=Batha|first=Emma|date=February 10, 2021|title=Biden to end Trump-era anti-abortion "global gag rule"|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-aid-women-abortion-idUSKBN29Q2UF|work=Reuters|access-date=February 10, 2021}} and was extended in scope under Trump.[https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/news-stories/news/msf-welcomes-reversal-global-gag-rule MSF welcomes reversal of the Global Gag Rule], Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans frontières (January 28, 2021). Biden's repeal of the rule was welcomed by, among other, Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International.{{cite web|title=Biden Rescinding Global Gag Rule Welcome Step, Congress Must Now Repeal It|url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/biden-rescinding-the-global-gag-rule-welcome-first-step-congress-must-now-repeal-it/|website=Amnesty International|date=January 26, 2021}} Biden also withdrew the U.S. from the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an anti-abortion declaration that the U.S. had joined under Trump, and restored funding to the UN Population Fund.{{cite news|last=Ollstein|first=Alice Miranda|date=January 28, 2021|title=Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/biden-trump-anti-abortion-rules-463347|work=Politico|access-date=January 29, 2021}}

Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office, halting the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization that Trump had ordered (but which had not yet taken effect). Biden also appointed Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's chief infectious disease scientist, as the head of the delegation to the WHO.{{cite news|last1=Bradner|first1=Eric|last2=Klein|first2=Betsy|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden targets Trump's legacy with first-day executive actions|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/executive-actions-biden/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=January 20, 2021}} The U.S. has been the largest financial contributor to the WHO, providing roughly one-fifth of its annual budget.{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Joe|date=January 21, 2021|title=US rejoins WHO and joins COVAX|url=https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/us-rejoins-who-and-joins-covax/|website=Global Citizen|access-date=January 22, 2021}} Fauci stated the US would meet its financial obligations of $400–$500 million/year, and rejoin the COVAX global framework for vaccinating people in low to middle-income countries which had been stalled by lack of funding.{{cite news|last1=Gretler|first1=Corinne|last2=Mulier|first2=Thomas|last3=Paton|first3=James|date=January 21, 2021|title=Fauci says US to join COVAX in re-engagement with WHO|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-21/fauci-says-u-s-to-join-covax-in-re-engagement-with-who|website=Bloomberg|access-date=January 21, 2021}}

Biden renewed COVID-19-related travel bans barring non-U.S. nationals from several parts of the world, including the Schengen Area, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, from entering the U.S. These bans had initially been imposed by Trump, but before leaving office Trump had ordered that the bans expire on January 26, 2021. The day before the travel bans were set to expire, Biden extended them and also added South Africa to the list of affected countries.{{cite news|title=Biden adds South Africa to Covid travel bans|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55805428|work=BBC News|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021}} The bans on entry by mainland Chinese and Iranian nationals were not scheduled to expire by Trump and remained in place.{{cite news|last=Shepardson|first=David|date=January 18, 2021|title=Biden to block Trump's plan to lift COVID-19 European travel restrictions|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel-exclusi-idUSKBN29N20Y|work=Reuters|access-date=January 18, 2021}}

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On February 19, 2021, the Group of Seven met virtually in a call convened by the U.K.'s Boris Johnson. Joe Biden spoke for fifteen minutes and declared "America is Back" with an end to Trump's "America First" Policy. Biden stressed the importance of the rise of China especially in the areas of cybersecurity and technology.{{Cite news|last=Sanger|first=David E.|date=February 19, 2021|title=Biden Declares 'America Is Back' on International Stage: Live Updates|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/19/world/g7-meeting-munich-security-conference|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|language=en-US|access-date=February 19, 2021}}

Biden attended the 47th G7 Summit in June 2021 alongside the U.K.'s Boris Johnson, Canada's Justin Trudeau, Japan's Yoshihide Suga, France's Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Angela Merkel, Italy's Mario Draghi, and the EU represented by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel.{{cite news|last=Sommerlad|first=Joe|date=June 11, 2021|title=G7 attendees 2021: Which leaders will be at summit?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/g7-summit-2021-cornwall-countries-leaders-b1863250.html|work=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=June 13, 2021}} While at the G7 reception on June 11, Biden also met with Queen Elizabeth II before their scheduled meeting at Windsor Castle on June 13.{{cite magazine|last=Roberts|first=Kayleigh|date=June 12, 2021|title=The Queen Met with Joe and Jill Biden at a G7 Summit Reception|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a36706118/the-queen-met-joe-and-jill-biden-g7-summit/|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|language=en-US|access-date=June 13, 2021}} At the G7 Summit talks, the leaders discussed the pandemic, environmental action, and how to challenge the rise of China on the world stage.{{cite news|last1=Liptak|first1=Kevin|last2=Zeleny|first2=Jeff|last3=Mattingly|first3=Phil|last4=Collins|first4=Kaitlin|date=June 12, 2021|title=Biden causes sighs of relief among world leaders even as G7 divisions linger|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/12/politics/g7-leaders-biden-trump/index.html|website=CNN|location=Falmouth, England|language=en-US|access-date=June 13, 2021}}

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In January 2021, Biden stated that addressing climate change is "an essential element of U.S. foreign policy and national security."{{cite news|last=Friedman|first=Lisa|date=2021-03-14|title=Biden Vowed to Make Climate 'Essential' to Foreign Policy. The Reality Is Harder.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/climate/biden-vowed-to-make-climate-essential-to-foreign-policy-the-reality-is-harder.html|access-date=2021-12-29 |issn=0362-4331}}

In February 2021, President Biden signed an executive order for the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Accords, a 2015 agreement addressing climate change and emissions targets.{{Cite news|last=Mai|first=H. J.|date=2021-02-19|title=U.S. Officially Rejoins Paris Agreement On Climate Change|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/19/969387323/u-s-officially-rejoins-paris-agreement-on-climate-change|access-date=2021-12-29}} In November 2021, Biden attended COP26 in Glasgow, stating that "we only have a brief window before us to raise our ambitions" to switch to renewable energy sources.{{cite news|last=Tankersley|first=Jim|date=2021-11-01|title=Biden calls for tougher action on emissions and promises job gains worldwide.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/world/biden-emissions-cop26-glasgow.html|access-date=2021-12-29 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web|date=2021-11-12|title=Cop26 reveals limits of Biden's promise to 'lead by example' on climate crisis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/12/biden-promised-lead-climate-crisis-cop26-revealed-limits|access-date=2021-12-29 |website=The Guardian|language=en}}

In November 2021, the U.S. coordinated with China, India, Japan, the U.K., and South Korea to release oil from strategic petroleum reserves to lower prices.{{cite news |author=Walé Azeez|title=China is joining the US and other countries in tapping emergency oil reserves|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/energy/asia-uk-strategic-oil-reserves/index.html|access-date=2021-12-29 |website=CNN |date=November 23, 2021 }}

In December 2021, the Biden administration halted federal funding to new fossil fuel projects overseas.{{cite news|title=Biden Halts Federal Aid to New Fossil Fuel Projects Overseas|newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/biden-halts-federal-aid-to-new-fossil-fuel-projects-overseas/2021/12/10/26a44fa8-59dc-11ec-8396-5552bef55c3c_story.html|access-date=2021-12-29 |issn=0190-8286}}

In August 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. Climate action policy analysts such as Anna McGinn at the American think tank Environmental and Energy Study Institute hailed the green industrial policy act as helping uphold the United States' Paris Agreement commitments, but criticized it as failing to create a cohesive national climate strategy. Jason Bordoff at the International Monetary Fund criticized its protectionist measures for opening America to potential trade war. The measures were acknowledged by United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the think tank Center for Strategic International Studies, and political scientist Jiachen Shi as strategic countermeasures to the rise of China.

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On April 2, 2021, President Joe Biden lifted the Trump-era sanctions against Bensouda and Phakiso Mochochoko, head of the ICC's Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division. Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement maintaining the country's "longstanding objection to the Court’s efforts to assert jurisdiction over personnel of non-States Parties such as the United States and Israel"; however, he added that "our concerns about these cases would be better addressed through engagement with all stakeholders in the ICC process rather than through the imposition of sanctions".{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/02/icc-sanctions-reversed-biden-478731|title=Biden lifts sanctions on International Criminal Court officials|date=2 April 2021|access-date=3 May 2021|work=Politico|last=Toosi|first=Nahal}}{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/ending-sanctions-and-visa-restrictions-against-personnel-of-the-international-criminal-court/|title=Ending Sanctions and Visa Restrictions against Personnel of the International Criminal Court|work=United States Department of State|date=2 April 2021|access-date=3 May 2021}}

Although not a member, Biden has welcomed the ICC's decision for the arrest warrant of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova on March 18, 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine after it was discovered that Russia had deported children from Ukraine.{{Cite web |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and |title=Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova |website=International Criminal Court |access-date=18 March 2023 |language=en |date=17 March 2023 |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317151628/https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and |url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/18/us-biden-says-war-crime-charges-against-russias-putin-justified | title=US Biden says war crimes charge against Russia's Putin justified }}

When the ICC began considering arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over Israeli war crimes committed during the Gaza war in the Gaza Strip, Biden was opposed,{{cite news |title=Israel, U.S. seek to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu - report |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/artc-israel-u-s-seek-to-prevent-icc-arrest-warrant-against-netanyahu-report-2 |work=i24NEWS |date=April 28, 2024}}{{cite news |title=US and Israel criticised for threatening International Criminal Court |url=https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/us-and-israel-criticised-for-threatening-international-criminal-court |work=Scottish Legal News |date=14 May 2024}} denouncing the chief investigator's request for arrest warrants as "outrageous", pledging "ironclad" support for Israel.{{cite news |title=Biden slams 'outrageous' ICC bid to arrest Israeli leaders |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240520-biden-slams-outrageous-icc-arrest-bid-for-israeli-leaders |work=France 24 |date=20 May 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Whitson |first=Sarah Leah |author-link=Sarah Leah Whitson |date=2024-09-24 |title=The White House's Defense of Israel Is Undermining International Law |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/18/biden-israel-icc-icj-gaza-netanyahu-international-law/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}} Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration would work with the US Congress on potential sanctions against the ICC.{{cite news |title=Blinken says he'll work with US Congress on potential ICC sanctions |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/blinken-says-hell-work-with-us-congress-respond-icc-move-gaza-2024-05-21/ |work=Reuters |date=22 May 2024}} On June 4, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to sanction the ICC prosecutor; in September, U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated the U.S. would not comply with any ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

After the ICC actually issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant in November of that year, the White House said the United States "fundamentally rejects" the ICC's decision, adding that "the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter".{{Cite web |title=World reacts to ICC arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Gallant |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/world-reacts-to-icc-arrest-warrants-for-israels-netanyahu-gallant |access-date=21 November 2024 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} Biden called the arrest warrant for Netanyahu "outrageous".{{Cite web |date=22 November 2024 |title=Israel Gaza: Netanyahu ICC war crimes arrest warrant 'outrageous' says Biden |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c704y7gwr95o |access-date=22 November 2024 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called the ICC a "dangerous joke"{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/5002123-graham-knocks-icc-over-netanyahu-warrant/ | title=Graham slams ICC's Netanyahu warrant }} and for sanctions on the ICC in a bill already proposed.{{cite web | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gop-lawmaker-says-senate-should-pass-stalled-bill-to-sanction-icc/ | title=GOP lawmaker says Senate should pass stalled bill to sanction ICC | website=The Times of Israel }} Similarly, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Congress "needs to pass the bipartisan legislation that came from the House sanctioning the Court for such an outrage and President Biden needs to sign it." Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL) added that "The ICC has no credibility and these allegations have been refuted by the US government." Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) called for military force, according to the domestic law The Hague Invasion Act, to use "all means necessary and appropriate." Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) wrote on social media that the ICC has: "No standing, relevance, or path. Fuck that." His colleagues, Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) accused the ICC of having an "antisemitic double standard," Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called on Biden to "use his authority to swiftly respond to this overreach" and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) accused the ICC of "criminalizing self-defence."{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/how-us-politicians-responded-to-netanyahus-icc-arrest-warrant | title=How US politicians responded to Netanyahu's ICC arrest warrant }}

On the other hand, Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) said: "The International Criminal Court’s long overdue decision to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity signals that the days of the Israeli apartheid government operating with impunity are ending." Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) expressed his support for the warrants, describing the ICC's charges as well-founded and warning that "If the world does not uphold international law, we will descend into further barbarism."{{cite web | url=https://vermontbiz.com/news/2024/november/21/sanders-statement-war-crimes-arrest-warrants-issued-icc-netanyahu-gallant-and | title= Sanders statement on war crimes arrest warrants issued by the ICC for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Deif}}

On January 9, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act by 243–140 to sanction the ICC in protest at its arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant issued in November 2024.{{Cite news |last=Zengerle |first=Patricia |date=January 10, 2025 |title=US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-house-votes-sanction-international-criminal-court-over-israel-2025-01-09/ |access-date=January 10, 2025 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite web |title=House Passes Chairman Mast’s Bill to Sanction International Criminal Court for Targeting Israel |url=https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/house-passes-chairman-masts-bill-to-sanction-international-criminal-court-for-targeting-israel/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Committee on Foreign Affairs |language=en}}

During Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, he indicated that he would support a no-first-use or sole-purpose nuclear policy whereby the United States would only use nuclear weapons to respond to or deter nuclear attacks; however, the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review contained no such provision.{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review: Arms Control Subdued By Military Rivalry |url=https://fas.org/publication/2022-nuclear-posture-review/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Federation of American Scientists |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Biden's Disappointing Nuclear Posture Review {{!}} Arms Control Association |url=https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2022-12/focus/bidens-disappointing-nuclear-posture-review |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.armscontrol.org}}

{{See also|Economic policy of the Joe Biden administration}}

Under the Biden administration, there has been a notable shift toward economic nationalism, marked by policies aimed at reducing dependence on foreign economies and protecting domestic industries. This approach reflects a broader trend of prioritizing American economic interests, often through measures that limit foreign competition and bolster U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted vulnerabilities in global supply chains, especially in critical sectors like healthcare, semiconductors, and essential goods. The disruptions caused by the pandemic underscored the need for greater self-sufficiency and resilience in the U.S. economy, prompting policies aimed at reducing reliance on foreign suppliers.{{Cite web |last=Tausche |first=Kayla |date=2024-05-14 |title=Biden to increase tariffs on $18 billion in Chinese imports in a new warning to Beijing {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/politics/biden-tariffs-chinese-imports/index.html |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=CNN |language=en}} There has also been growing public support for economic policies that prioritize American jobs and industries. Many Americans have expressed concerns over the loss of manufacturing jobs to countries like China and the impact of globalization on local economies. This sentiment has fueled support for economic nationalism and policies that aim to "bring jobs back" to the U.S.{{Cite web |last=Vazquez |first=Jason Hoffman,Kate Sullivan,Maegan |date=2021-07-28 |title=Biden proposes strengthening Buy American rules to boost US manufacturing {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/biden-buy-american/index.html |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}

The Biden administration's economic nationalism builds on trends initiated during the Trump administration, which implemented significant tariffs on Chinese goods and promoted the "America First" agenda. While Biden has diverged from Trump in several areas, the focus on protecting domestic industries and addressing trade imbalances has remained a consistent theme.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2021-06-08 |title=FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to Address Short-Term Supply Chain Discontinuities |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/08/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-supply-chain-disruptions-task-force-to-address-short-term-supply-chain-discontinuities/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

The Biden administration largely maintained many of the tariffs imposed by the previous administration, particularly those on Chinese imports. Those tariffs, originally intended to address unfair trade practices and reduce trade deficits, have remained in place as tools for leveraging negotiations and protecting domestic industries.

Since 2022, the Biden administration had sought to limit China’s ability to buy advanced semiconductors, chip-making equipment and other technologies from the United States. The approach, dubbed “small yard, high fence,” was aimed at slowing China’s development of advanced artificial intelligence and hindering its ability to produce semiconductors that are critical for high-tech products.{{cite news |last1=Lawal |first1=Shola |title=Tech wars: Why has China banned exports of rare minerals to US? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/4/tech-wars-why-has-china-banned-exports-of-rare-minerals-to-us |agency=Al-Jazeera |date=4 Dec 2024}}

In May 2024, President Biden directed a series of tariff increases on Chinese imports to counteract "unfair trade practices". These tariffs are set to incrementally increase over the next few years, covering a range of goods from steel and aluminum to electric vehicles and semiconductors. For example, tariffs on steel and aluminum will rise to 25%, while those on electric vehicles will reach 100% by 2026.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2024-05-14 |title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China's Unfair Trade Practices |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

President Biden's significant investments in manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure represent a concerted effort to reinforce national economic sovereignty and reduce dependency on foreign resources. By injecting nearly $700 billion into domestic manufacturing and clean energy through initiatives like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the CHIPS and Science Act, the administration is revitalizing American industrial capabilities. These efforts target critical sectors such as semiconductors and electric vehicles, aiming to diminish reliance on foreign manufacturing hubs and secure the economic benefits—such as job creation and technological advancements—within the U.S.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2024-05-13 |title=FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Kicks Off Infrastructure Week by Highlighting Historic Results Spurred by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/13/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-kicks-off-infrastructure-week-by-highlighting-historic-results-spurred-by-president-bidens-investing-in-america-agenda/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

The emphasis on developing domestic sources of critical minerals and investing in local battery production is a strategic move towards resource independence, aligning with economic nationalism. This approach aims to reduce vulnerabilities in global supply chains by sourcing essential raw materials domestically. In the energy sector, substantial funding for clean energy projects and infrastructure seeks to achieve energy sovereignty, lessening reliance on foreign oil and gas. These investments support environmental goals while enhancing national security and economic resilience, highlighting a commitment to economic nationalism by prioritizing domestic self-sufficiency and bolstering national infrastructure. {{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2023-05-10 |title=FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Outlines Priorities for Building America's Energy Infrastructure Faster, Safer, and Cleaner |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/10/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-outlines-priorities-for-building-americas-energy-infrastructure-faster-safer-and-cleaner/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

The administration has reinforced the "Buy American" campaign, promoting policies that prioritize the procurement of American-made goods in federal contracts. This has led to tensions with trade partners who view these measures as protectionist.{{Cite web |date=2016-09-11 |title=Home |url=https://buyamericancampaign.org/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Buy American Campaign |language=en-US}}

A 100-day supply chain review was initiated to identify vulnerabilities in key sectors, including semiconductors, rare earth minerals, and pharmaceuticals. This review aims to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, particularly from strategic competitor nations like China.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2021-06-08 |title=FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to Address Short-Term Supply Chain Discontinuities |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/08/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-supply-chain-disruptions-task-force-to-address-short-term-supply-chain-discontinuities/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

The Biden administration's emphasis on economic nationalism has led to tensions with several U.S. allies, particularly in Europe. The European Union has expressed significant concerns over the protectionist measures in the Inflation Reduction Act, which they argue undermine free trade principles and could harm European industries. In response to these measures, the European Commission has proposed the Net Zero Industry Act as part of the European Green Deal to counter U.S. policies. This act aims to boost the EU's green technology sector and reduce reliance on U.S. imports by promoting domestic production and innovation within Europe.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-20 |title=How Europe should answer the US Inflation Reduction Act |url=https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/how-europe-should-answer-us-inflation-reduction-act |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Bruegel {{!}} The Brussels-based economic think tank |language=en}}

Countries affected by the new tariffs and trade barriers have sought to negotiate with the U.S. while also looking to strengthen their own economic defenses. This has led to a series of bilateral and multilateral trade discussions aimed at mitigating the impact of U.S. economic nationalism. For example, nations such as Japan and South Korea have engaged in talks with the U.S. to secure more favorable trade terms and ensure continued access to the American market. Additionally, these countries are investing in their domestic industries to reduce their dependency on U.S. goods and protect their economies from future trade disruptions.{{Cite web |title=Europe's Measured Response to the US Inflation Reduction Act |url=https://www.iiss.org/en/online-analysis/survival-online/2023/04/europes-measured-response-to-the-us-inflation-reduction-act/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=IISS |language=en}}

The Biden administration's focus on rebuilding domestic industries and securing supply chains has raised concerns about potential trade wars and long-term impacts on global trade dynamics. While American manufacturers and workers have largely welcomed these policies, global trade partners worry that these protectionist measures could lead to retaliatory tariffs and a fragmentation of global trade networks. This shift could result in decreased international trade volumes and increased costs for consumers and businesses worldwide, as countries implement their own protective measures in response to U.S. policies.{{Cite web |title=Key transatlantic implications of the Inflation Reduction Act |url=https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/key-transatlantic-implications-of-the-inflation-reduction-act/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Elcano Royal Institute |language=en-US}}

Despite the protectionist measures, the U.S. continues to experience significant trade deficits, particularly with China. Efforts to reduce these deficits through tariffs have had mixed results, often leading to retaliatory measures from trade partners.

The U.S. policies emphasizing domestic production have led to notable shifts in global supply chains, driven largely by the need to mitigate risks associated with U.S.-China trade tensions and rising protectionism. Companies are increasingly relocating manufacturing to regions less impacted by these tensions, such as North America or Southeast Asia, fostering diversification and resilience in their supply networks. This strategic shift moves away from the "just-in-time" model, which relies on minimal inventory, towards a "just-in-case" approach that maintains larger inventories to buffer against disruptions, enhancing overall supply chain stability.{{Cite web |last=Treasurer |first=The Global |date=2024-04-23 |title=US & China Decoupling pt2: Reshaping Global Supply Chains |url=https://www.theglobaltreasurer.com/2024/04/23/us-china-decoupling-pt2-reshaping-global-supply-chains/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The Global Treasurer |language=en-US}}

By channeling substantial funds through initiatives such as the CHIPS and Science Act, the U.S. aims to reclaim leadership in critical sectors such as semiconductors and sustainable energy. These investments are designed to enhance domestic production and counter China's technological advancements, emphasizing research and development (R&D) with billions committed to establishing entities including the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) to drive innovation and workforce development. Additionally, the creation of regional technology hubs accelerates growth in sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum computing, ensuring that technological advancements benefit communities nationwide. This comprehensive approach not only strengthens U.S. economic and national security but also aligns with broader foreign policy objectives to build technological alliances, reaffirming the U.S.'s influential position on the world stage.{{Cite web |title=Biden-Harris Administration to invest up to $1.6 billion - News |url=https://siliconsemiconductor.net/article/119778/generate/Biden-Harris%20Administration%20to%20invest%20up%20to%20$1.6%20billion%20-%20%20News |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Silicon Semiconductor |language=en}}

The State Department has gestured toward the practice of 'friendshoring', or cultivating investment partnerships with allied countries seeking to develop their own tech sectors. For example, it has awarded $200 million in partnerships, to academia and foreign companies {{as of|2024|07|lc=y}} under the Act's International Technology Security and Innovation Fund. The State Department has partnered with the governments of Costa Rica, Panama, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Mexico to distribute these funds, for technology incubation purposes.{{cite web | title=The U.S. Department of State International Technology Security and Innovation Fund | website=United States Department of State | date=July 8, 2024 | url=https://www.state.gov/the-u-s-department-of-state-international-technology-security-and-innovation-fund/ | access-date=August 4, 2024}} The State Department has also brokered an agreement known as the Minerals Security Partnership with Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and European Union, to strengthen investments in raw minerals.{{cite news |title=Minerals Security Partnership |url=https://www.iea.org/policies/16066-minerals-security-partnership |publisher=IEA |date=27 October 2022|access-date=4 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=Minerals Security Partnership MEDIA NOTE |url=https://www.state.gov/minerals-security-partnership/ |publisher=US Department of State |date=14 June 2022|access-date=4 August 2024}} The State Department has also continued to grow the number of parties to the Artemis Accords, non-binding codes of conduct for Moon landings and lunar resources in support of the Act's Artemis program, to 43.{{cite web|last=Dunbar|first=Brian|date=2019-07-23|title=What is Artemis?|url=http://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artemis|access-date=2021-05-01|website=NASA|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807143015/http://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artemis|url-status=live}}

{{cite web|title=NASA: Artemis Accords|url=https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/index.html|access-date=2021-05-01|website=NASA|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516053058/https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/index.html|url-status=live}}

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According to right-leaning defense policy analyst Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, Biden's foreign policy is "a mess" that has "failed to match ends and means".{{Cite news |date=2023-02-10 |title=Biden's Foreign Policy Is a Mess |language=en-US |work=Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/biden-foreign-policy-mess |access-date=2023-03-01}}

In conservative academic Walter Russell Mead's opinion, Biden "underestimated the seriousness of the threat to the American led world system and misunderstood its causes". Contrary to Biden's stated goals, "Russia isn't parked, Iran isn't pacified, and both are coordinating policies with China", which is increasingly aggressive. The "wishful thinking" and "strategic incompetence" is thought to be not Biden's alone, but a "generational failure of the bipartisan foreign policy establishment.{{Cite news |last=Mead |first=Walter Russell |title=Opinion {{!}} War in the Middle East Is Closer Than You Think |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mideast-war-is-closer-than-you-think-iran-nuclear-program-russia-oil-china-wedge-foreign-policy-biden-israel-b754ab96 |access-date=2023-03-01 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=February 27, 2023 |language=en-US}}

A mid-term "report card" was published by Foreign Policy magazine, consisting of surveys of 20 "experts" from the magazine's staff, universities, and mainstream think tanks, using American schools' letter grades. According to the magazine, Biden received two "A-"s on Russian relations from author Angela Stent and Liana Fix of the Council on Foreign Relations; two "B"s on Indo-Pacific relations from Bonnie S. Glaser of the German Marshall Fund and Michael J. Green of the University of Sydney; a "D" on Middle East relations from Lina Khatib of Chatham House and a "B-" from Steven A. Cook of the CFR; a "B+" on Global South engagement from C. Raja Mohan of the Asia Society Policy Institute and a "C-" from Kamissa Carrera visiting at the United States Institute of Peace; two "A-"s on upholding existing alliances from former NATO Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Stacie Pettyjohn of the Center for a New American Security; a "B-" on defense policy from Schake and a "C-" from Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute; two "B-"s on global economic policy from economist Eswar Prasad of Cornell University and journalist Edward Alden visiting at Western Washington University; a "B+" on climate and energy policy from Ted Nordhaus of the Breakthrough Institute and an "A" from Alice C. Hill of the CFR; two "incomplete"s on immigration policy from former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda Gutman and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa; and two "C+"s on human rights promotion from Kenneth Roth formerly of Human Rights Watch and Emma Ashford of The Stimson Center.

• Second Cold War
• List of international presidential trips made by Joe Biden
• List of international trips made by Antony Blinken as United States Secretary of State

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• "Biden's Midterm Report Card: We asked 20 experts to grade the administration's foreign policy after two years in office." Foreign Policy (January 19, 2023) [https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/19/biden-2-year-report-card-foreign-policy/ online]
• "The Biden Progress Report: We asked 25 experts to grade the new team's start on foreign policy" Foreign Policy 00157228, (Spring 2021), Issue 240 [https://foreignpolicy.com/projects/biden-first-100-days/ online]
• Wayne, Stephen J. The Biden Presidency: Politics, Policy, and Polarization (2023), first 18 months; see chapter 5 [https://www.amazon.com/Biden-Presidency-Politics-Policy-Polarization-ebook/dp/B0BDPPP8ZB/ excerpt]
• Whipple, Chris. The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House (Scribner, 2023) passim [https://www.amazon.com/Fight-His-Life-Inside-Bidens/dp/1982106433/ excerpt] comprehensive history of first two years.

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