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White House APRIL 2020

European leaders were stomping with
impatience. Some did not even wait for
Joe Biden to be sworn in as the 46th U.S.
president before sending him warm words
of welcome, so anxious were they to close SPECIAL REPORT:
the book on their tempestuous relations Augmented/Virtual/Mixed
with his predecessor. Reality
“After four long years, Europe has PAGE 8
a friend in the White House,” Ursula
von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, told the
members of Parliament hours before the Presidential Inauguration.
“This new dawn in America is the moment we have been waiting
for so long. Europe is ready for a new start with our oldest and most
trusted partner.”
Subsequently, Charles Michel, president of the European Council, ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
said it was “time to rejuvenate our cooperation” and called for “a Self-Driving at
new founding pact for a stronger Europe, for a stronger America, for Safe Speeds
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a better world.” High Power with
From Paris to Madrid, London to Lisbon, Berlin to Rome, presi- SiC and GaN
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dents and prime ministers have voiced their undisguised jubilation. Top 10 Processors
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But when the euphoria is over, what remains? at the Endpoint
Biden, elected in part on the pledge to fight climate change, PAGE 32
recommitted the United States to the Paris Agreement just hours
after being sworn in. With the presidential pen still in hand, he also
signed an executive order halting his country’s withdrawal from the
World Health Organization. In the longer term, Biden has vowed to
revitalize American diplomacy and restore long-standing interna-
tional alliances.
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