After weeks of bitter recriminations, French President Emmanuel Macron scored a diplomatic win from Joe Biden that he can take to the bank six months from an election.
On the eve of the Group of 20 summit meeting in Rome, the U.S. president admitted his administration had been "clumsy” in handling a new defense pact with Australia and the U.K. But there’s more work for Macron to do when talks begin in earnest this weekend.
Macron will be dealing with the trio of English-speaking nations who cooked up an agreement for the U.S. and the U.K. to supply Australia with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, squeezing out French suppliers.