Biden talks trade, economic recovery with foreign leaders

President-elect Joe Biden this week began discussing economic issues -- including trade -- with foreign leaders who offered congratulations as a well as affirmations of support for multilateralism and enhanced cooperation. In conversations on Tuesday with French President Emannuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Biden discussed ways to pursue a global “sustainable economic recovery,” according to a readout of the calls provided by the Biden-Harris transition team. A spokesman for...