Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he looks forward to the United States coming back to the world stage in the next administration.
The Liberal Party leader suggested that the U.S. has been largely absent from matters of international importance under the Trump administration. Trudeau said he intends to meet with Biden shortly after he assumes office.
“There is a need for a reengaged United States in global circles,” Trudeau said in a Reuters Next interview published Thursday.
Listing policies such as support for international trade agreements and opposition to the rise of China as issues of global concern, Trudeau said that Western allies eagerly anticipate America’s participation.
“One of the things that a lot of the traditional allies and friends of the United States are looking forward to is a reengagement on some of the big themes, whether it’s freer trade, climate change, protecting democracy, or coordinating against some of the rise of authoritarianism we’re seeing around the world,” he said. “The rise of a much more assertive and sometimes problematic China, the shifts in poles of power around the world, the rise and strengthening of Asia as an economic focal point. These are things that are needing to be responded to.”
Biden has repeatedly pledged to rejoin globalist pacts from which the Trump administration withdrew. Among his promises, the former vice president has vowed to “recommit the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change,” “re-enter the [Iran nuclear] agreement,” and “restore dignified leadership at home and respected leadership on the world stage.”
