US President JoeBiden trip to the United Kingdom for the G7 summit is his “first big test abroad”, according to Data for Progress Senior Advisor Aidan Smith.
US President Joe Biden’s trip to the United Kingdom for the G7 summit is his “first big test abroad”, according to Data for Progress Senior Advisor Aidan Smith. “This is in many ways the president’s first big test abroad,” he said. “We are not just meeting with traditional US antagonists, President Vladimir Putin, but also associating with some of the allied nations from the G7, who during the Trump era were usually not as warm with the Department of State.
Mr Smith told Sky News the discussions were an effort to mend relations between the US and the UK in regard to trade, "especially with digital trade embargoes that are being proposed being a focal point of this". “Especially as both the CMA - the British regulatory agency - as well as the European Commission are looking at regulating big tech companies - American ones - that are also facing scrutiny in America in the form of the DOJ," he said.
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