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While the election of Joe Biden will facilitate the return of a more trusting and cooperative German-US relationship, Trump’s actions and tone toward Western Europe and Germany in particular damaged the relationship in ways that may not be easily or fully reversed.
Impacts
US sanctions on participants in Russian infrastructure projects, such as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany, will likely proliferate.
Biden’s election opens the door for deeper EU-US cooperation on the technologies crucial in meeting lower carbon emissions targets.
Biden will look to engage with EU partners on Iran by rejoining the nuclear deal, but conservatives’ demands will complicate progress.
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