With new U.S. President Joe Biden, Washington’s Asian allies have a friendlier and more engaged partner in the Oval Office after four tumultuous years of “America First” under Donald Trump that left alliances crippled and neglected.
But the former U.S. vice president returns to a changed landscape both in Asia and at home after four years out of the White House.
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