President Biden had his first telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday, where Johnson campaigned the new president for a US and British trade agreement.
Johnson also welcomed some of Biden’s new executive actions.
“The Prime Minister warmly welcomes the President’s decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as the World Health Organization and the COVAX program to ensure equitable access to vaccines,” a Downing Street spokesman said. said in a statement, adding that Johnson praised Biden’s early action to tackle climate change.
“They also discussed the benefits of a potential free trade agreement between our two countries, and the Prime Minister reiterated his intention to resolve existing trade issues as soon as possible,” the spokesman continued.
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The UK only recently regained control of its national trade policy after the end of a transition period after Brexit.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the forging of a new trade deal was low on Biden’s list of priorities as he drew attention to getting the coronavirus pandemic under control and his $ 1 Covid bill , 9 billion to succeed.
The White House said in its own statement that the two leaders discussed climate change and restricted Covid-19 and shared the foreign policy priorities in China, Iran and Russia.
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The call was Biden’s third with a foreign leader this week. He spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday night.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.