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New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is likely to take a stronger approach to UK foreign policy, including the US, in a time of geopolitical upheaval, experts tell Fox News Digital. Told.
Mr Truss, a seasoned Conservative Party official and current Foreign Secretary, is expected to take a hawkish stance against both Russia and China. Like his predecessor Boris Johnson, he is also expected to highlight the special relationship between the UK and the US.
But amidst Atlantic tensions over trade and Brexit issues, the Truss may be willing to push harder against the US and President Biden on some issues.
Nile Gardiner, an adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret, said: “I don’t think she’s afraid to tussle with Joe Biden on key areas of British national interest. I will stand up,” he said. Thatcher told Fox News Digital. Gardiner now works for the conservative Heritage Foundation.
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John Kampfner, UK executive director of the World Initiative at UK think tank Chatham House, told Fox News Digital: “She is an ardent ideologist and holds Margaret Thatcher in high esteem on both domestic and foreign policy.”
The most high-profile split between Truss and Biden may be the one known as Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiated with the European Union as part of Brexit. Northern Ireland, which is part of the United States, will be placed in the European Union’s single market along with its independent neighbor, the Republic of Ireland.
British leaders want to renegotiate the deal because it undermines Northern Ireland’s status within the UK. oppose such a move, arguing it risks undermining the peace. and Northern Ireland.
Mr Kampfner said Mr Truss has been very clear about his position on the Northern Ireland Protocol and is basically at odds with Mr Biden.
Kampfner said of Truss, “She will antagonize the Biden administration with its approach to Northern Ireland and Europe.
“The White House has been very unhelpful on Northern Ireland, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has made several threats to Britain in terms of sinking the US-British trade deal because of the Northern Ireland issue. Gardiner said: “We expect Liz Truss to be more aggressive than Boris Johnson in his deal with Joe Biden.”
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Another area of potential disagreement between Truss and Biden could be the US government’s efforts to renegotiate the nuclear deal with Iran.
Biden was vice president when the US agreed to a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with several other countries, including the UK, to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions and ease sanctions on rogue states. was intended to Former President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal and reinstated sanctions after he took office. And the Biden administration has made the new deal a priority since he took office.
Truss has not yet taken a firm stance on the new negotiations. But some of the Conservatives in the Truss are unhappy with the idea of negotiations, Gardiner said, raising “the likelihood that we’ll see a departure from where the US is now.”
Kampfner, on the other hand, predicted that the Truss might seek flexibility on the Iran issue to avoid fanning divisions with the United States on more than necessary fronts.
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China could also become an area of disconnect between the Truss and the Biden administration, Kampfner said.
“She’s very tough on China,” Kampfner said. “Britain has called China a ‘systemic competitor,’ and she would like to call it a ‘serious threat,’ but that’s a big step. For the Biden administration, it’s going too far.” Huh?」
“Under Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May, Britain sought to strengthen its economic ties with China,” Gardiner said. “In the case of Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei, for example, this threatened national security. Liz Truss therefore supports a stronger approach to China.”
Kampfner said Truss’s hawkishness extends beyond Russia to the rest of the world. Whether it will succeed remains to be seen, he said.
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“She paints herself as the supreme messer in a messed-up world.…She looks at all these transnational institutions and thinks they are stuck, atrophied or collapsing. “She’s kind of selling herself the way Uber did for transit. She wants to do it for public diplomacy.” increase.”
He added: It’s a very radical stance. ”