“In any case, the president will indicate that we need to find a way to avoid crises like this in the future, and swift action will not benefit the US-Turkey partnership and alliance,” an administration official told reporters in Rome, adding that the leader should would discuss Libya and their defense relationship.
According to the White House, the president will “organize a global supply chain resilience event through the G20 pandemic and recovery to align with leaders on both short-term and long-term supply chain challenges and improve international coordination on all aspects of the supply chain.”
According to the administration official, he will also participate in two G20 sessions on climate and other sustainable development.
Moody’s noted differences in how countries are fighting Covid-19, with China pushing for zero cases, while the United States is “more willing to live with Covid-19 than an endemic disease.” The company also cited a lack of “coordinated global efforts to ensure the smooth running” of the global logistics and transportation network.
An administration official said Biden “will also have some posts related to our national supply of critical minerals and metals, our own funds, which we will use to facilitate trade to reduce blockages in key ports around the world.”
“He will also have a few other steps to announce tomorrow,” the official added.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday that the U.S. expects some “solid results” from Sunday’s supply chain meeting, which will include “a group of like-minded countries from multiple continents to talk about how we can better coordinate to address both short-term supply chain disruptions and challenges and long-term supply chain resilience. “
According to a White House official, Biden coordinated with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday’s bilateral meeting on the matter.
In addition, Sullivan said the president is expected to release forecasts of “capacity for modern and efficient and capable and flexible stocks.” The group “seeks to agree with other participants on a set of principles and parameters on how to jointly manage and create resilient supply chains going forward.”
The president will also hold a stand-alone press conference on Sunday afternoon ahead of Monday’s United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. This will be Biden’s first solo press conference since the one he held in Geneva, Switzerland, in mid-June, following a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Biden’s relations with journalists were somewhat limited in this first stage of his journey through Europe.
Matt Egan, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak of CNN contributed to this report.
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