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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aamer Madhani and Sylvie Corbet

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Biden macron ready to talk ukraine trade in state visit | History Defined

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French President Emmanuel Macron is headed to Washington for the first state visit of Joe Biden's presidency — a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden-Macron relationship had a choppy start. Macron briefly recalled France's ambassador to the United States last year after the White House announced a deal to sell nuclear submarines to Australia, undermining a contract for France to sell diesel-powered submarines.

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