WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals as members to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations: Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations The Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations is an advisory committee established to provide overall policy advice to the United States Trade Representative…
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One-Year Wrap-Up: Highlights from the Council on Environmental Quality’s Progress in Tackling the Climate Crisis, Advancing Environmental Justice, Conserving and Restoring Lands and Waters, Boosting Clean Energy Investments and Strengthening Federal Sustainability
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is working to advance five major environmental priorities of the Biden-Harris Administration: addressing climate change; strengthening federal sustainability; advancing environmental justice; conserving our lands and waters; and ensuring that implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) promotes sound and well-informed decision making. In the first year…
FACT SHEET: President Biden and G7 Leaders Announce Further Efforts to Counter Putin’s Attack on Food Security
Biden-Harris Administration is Driving a Multi-Pronged Response to Global Food Security Crisis President Biden and G7 leaders will announce that they will contribute over $4.5 billion to address global food security, over half of which will come from the United States. President Biden will announce $2.76 billion in additional U.S. Government funding commitments to help…
President Biden to Convene Leaders’ Summit for Democracy
The President has said that the challenge of our time is to demonstrate that democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people and by addressing the greatest problems facing the wider world. In his first six months in office, the President has reinvigorated democracy at home, vaccinating 70% of population, passing the American Rescue…
FACT SHEET: Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States
Read the full strategy here “We envision an Indo-Pacific that is open, connected, prosperous, resilient, and secure—and we are ready to work together with each of you to achieve it.”President Joe Biden East Asia SummitOctober 27, 2021 The Biden-Harris Administration has made historic strides to restore American leadership in the Indo-Pacific and adapt its role…
Readout of President Biden’s Meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
Today, President Biden convened the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate to urge fellow leaders of major economies to commit to faster climate action in this critical decade, with just 44 days left to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The President was joined by Leaders from Argentina,…
Remarks by President Biden and President Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia Before Bilateral Meeting
4:19 P.M. GMT PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, it’s wonderful to see you again, Mr. President. Last week, at the virtual ASEAN Summit, to the G20 meeting, to COP26, Indonesia and the United States have been working together, and we’ve enjoyed it very much. And today, I’m looking forward to building more on our bilateral relationship because we have so…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing Day Two of COP26
6:28 P.M. GMT MR. PATEL: Hi, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us on this background briefing. This briefing, as I said, will be on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” and this call will be embargoed until 5:00 a.m. GMT and 1:00 a.m. Eastern time. Not for attribution — as I said, this call…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 16, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:47 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top. Yesterday, President Biden announced a historic trilateral security partnership with the United Kingdom and Australia, two of our closest allies, to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. It demonstrates…
Remarks by Vice President Harris and President Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana in Joint Press Conference
Jubilee HouseAccra, Ghana PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO: Thank you. And good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the media. I have just concluded a brief but very successful meeting with the Vice President of the United States of America, the Honorable Kamala Harris, and with mem- — with members of our respective delegation. And I’m here to tell you…
