Joe Biden ‘will not prioritise’ UK-US trade deal November 9, 2020 Joe Biden will reportedly not prioritise UK-US trade deal discussions in the first 100 days of his presidency. The president-elect has shown little interest in the talks and will focus instead on domestic legislation, an adviser to his campaign told the Telegraph. The Democrat would also face hurdles appointing his US trade representative to lead [...]
Europe set for positive open as Nikkei hits highest level since 1991 November 9, 2020 While President Trump still appears to be in denial about the loss of the Presidency to Joe Biden and still refusing to concede, markets appear to be unconcerned about the prospect of a contested outcome, and have moved on to what might happen next. CMC Markets UK’s chief market analyst Michael Hewson tells City A.M. [...]
Joe Biden’s business in-tray: The President-elect’s most pressing issues November 9, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden will be entering the White House at a time when the US is facing stark crises on multiple fronts. The US is seeing a third wave of Covid with almost 240,000 deaths recorded, the economy is in a deep recession and the US’ federal climate policy is in need of reform. City [...]
Joe Biden must not let anti-capitalist climate zealots capture his presidency November 9, 2020 As the world prepares for the coming Biden administration, a fundamental question looms both for Americans and for the wider world: which Joe Biden will govern as President? He has long defined himself as a moderate, a centrist, a bipartisan consensus-finder — but recently his Democratic Party has moved significantly to the left, and in [...]
Joe Biden pledges to unify nation in US election acceptance speech November 8, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden has said it is “time to heal” the US and bridge the country’s gaping political divides in his election acceptance speech. Biden spook at Wilmington, Delaware just after 1am London time, telling the world that the “grim era of demonization in America” must end. “The refusal of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate [...]
Boris Johnson and other world leaders congratulate Joe Biden on US election win November 7, 2020 Boris Johnson and other world leaders congratulate Joe Biden on US election win
The moment Kamala Harris and Joe Biden first spoke about their US election win November 7, 2020 Vice-president elect Kamala Harris was out for a walk with her husband when news came through that Joe Biden had been projected to win the US Presidential election.
Just Biden His Time: Democrat finally confirmed as President November 7, 2020 Joe Biden has become the 46th President of the United States after winning the key battleground of Pennsylvania, handing him the 270 electoral votes needed to enter the White House. In a drastic flip from red to blue, the Democrat inched past incumbent President Donald Trump in the ‘Keystone’ state, awarding Biden 20 electoral votes [...]
Donald Trump baselessly claims ‘thousands of illegal votes’ counted in Pennsylvania November 7, 2020 President Donald Trump has doubled down on false claims that “illegal” votes have contributed to his poor performance in the US presidential election, as the incumbent lays the ground for further legal challenges to the result. Trump today took to Twitter to claim mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania were “illegal”, as rival Joe Biden continued to [...]
Republican civil war looms as Trump stance splits party November 6, 2020 With Democratic candidate Joe Biden closing in on a 2020 election victory, senior figures in the Republican party are split on whether to back Trump as he pedals baseless claims about election fraud. In the last 24 hours Donald Trump has spread falsehoods about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, having claimed mass election fraud [...]