President Joseph R. Biden welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House today for their first in-person Leaders’ engagement, renewing their close relationship and charting a new course to advance the partnership between the world’s largest democracies. The Leaders affirmed a clear vision that will guide the U.S.-India relationship forward: building a strategic partnership …
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The Biden-Harris Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply Chains in 2022
Release of Historic Industrial Base Reports by Seven Federal Agencies Caps Off a Year of Action Fortifying America’s Supply Chains One year ago, President Biden signed Executive Order 14017 directing an all-of-government approach to assessing vulnerabilities in – and strengthening the resilience of – the United States’ critical supply chains. Within six months of taking…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:35 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Q Hi. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Join us, Weijia. Join us, join us. Let me first congratulate the White House Correspondent Association for a very successful, wonderful weekend. I want to also thank the President, Tam — she’s not here today — Tamara Keith,…
Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan
President Biden met virtually today with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan to highlight the strength of the U.S.-Japan relationship and to advance our shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, which is critical to the lives of the American and Japanese peoples. President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida agreed that the U.S.-Japan…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing Executive Order on Addressing U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern
2:09 P.M. EDT MODERATOR: Thanks, everyone, for joining this call to discuss the executive order to narrowly regulate certain U.S. investments into the PRC in three technologies critical national security. For your information, this call on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” and is embargoed until 4:00 p.m. Eastern today, Wednesday, August 9th. For your…
Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with President Emmanuel Macron on the margins of the G7 Summit. The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to deepening our bilateral ties and to the Transatlantic alliance. They highlighted their dedication to ending the pandemic, including through participation in the G7 commitment to donate COVID-19 vaccines to countries…
On-The-Record Press Call by Special Envoy John Kerry and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy Previewing Day One of COP26
Via Teleconference 5:49 P.M. CET MR. PATEL: Hi, everybody. Good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where you are in the world. Thank you so much for joining us on this call with National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Special Climate Envoy John Kerry. It’s a special day over Zoom for Massachusetts and Boston. As…
Remarks by President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Joint Press Statement
10:05 A.M. CET PRESIDENT BIDEN: Good morning. Today I’m proud to once again be standing together with President von der Leyen as we announce a new groundbreaking initiative between the European Union and the United States. First, we’re coming together to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian energy. Putin has issued Russia’s energy resources to coerce and…
Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher En Route Detroit, Michigan
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Detroit, Michigan 1:55 P.M. EST MR. MEAGHER: All right. So, we have a couple things at the top here. First, on COVID, an important update on our progress in vaccinating 5- to 11-year-olds: By the end of today, 2.6 million children are on their way to being protected from COVID-19. That’s approximately…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Hanoi, Vietnam 11:15 A.M. IST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. (Inaudible.) We wanted to make sure that we, kind of, gave a little bit of a preview of our next leg. As you all know, we’re heading to Viet- — Vietnamese, and so — or Vietnam, I should say. (Laughs.) And…