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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yong-rae and Lee Young-seop = US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to focus on reversing the political direction promoted by the Donald Trump administration in the past four years after to take office.
Biden, the Associated Press and Reuters, analyzed on the 7th (local time) that it plans to implement the opposite policy with the Trump administration in areas such as the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), economy, immigration and race.
The most urgent is Corona 19 control. Biden-elect also announced on the 9th that it would appoint a group of experts to deal with the problem, saying it would prioritize dealing with Corona 19 in his speech for the day.
The United States, which is the country most affected by Corona 19 in the world, surpassed the highest number of new confirmed cases every day, even during the presidential elections. The Washington Post reported that on this day, more than 134,000 new confirmed cases came out and broke the record for the fourth day.
The Trump administration has been criticized by quarantine experts for underestimating the severity of the pandemic with words and actions that appear to deny the effectiveness of the masks in advocating for economic resumption even amid severe proliferation.
Upon taking office, Biden is expected to carry out active quarantine policies, such as mandatory use of masks, expanded testing and provision of free treatments and vaccines.
Before his inauguration, he had promised to operate the transition committee to meet with all the governors from across the country and ask for an order to wear masks.
At the same time, it is expected to train experts such as scientists and doctors to convey a coherent quarantine message to the public and rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO) in the United States.
The Donald Trump administration notified the official withdrawal in July, saying the WHO was too biased towards China.
The new administration’s economic and immigration policies are also expected to contrast with the Trump administration.
Shortly after taking office, Biden announced that he will withdraw the corporate tax cut policy introduced by the Trump administration and expand the rights of unions.
On the first day of his inauguration, he has also stated that he will pass a bill to Congress that will give approximately 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States the opportunity to obtain citizenship.
Additionally, with the abolition of the deportation system for young illegal immigrants (DACA, Dhaka), he vowed to present a bill to Congress within 100 days of taking office to open up the opportunity to acquire citizenship to dreamers. who are in danger of being expelled from the United States.
Foreign policy is also expected to focus on reestablishing relations with the traditional alliance rather than the Trump administration’s brazen stance of “America’s priority.”
The Associated Press reported that it will rejoin the Iranian Nuclear Deal (JCPOA, Comprehensive Joint Action Plan), which the former Obama administration had won but the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew, and will make sure to consult with key allies when deciding on policy. trade with China.
In the environmental field, the Trump administration is expected to immediately return to the Paris Climate Agreement, which was withdrawn from the Trump administration, and severely sanction the use of oil and coal.
In this regard, the Daily Washington Post (WP) plans to sign a series of executive orders as soon as Biden takes office on January 20, and Biden’s presidency will be driven by political priorities that are significantly different from the previous ones. did.
The WP said Biden’s senior staff have been quietly contemplating how best to advance the state affairs agenda for the past few months, and that hundreds of members of the procurement team have been preparing to cooperate with various federal agencies.
On the main screen of Biden’s procurement committee website, Buildbackbetter.com, a notice has already appeared on the main screen stating that “the procurement team will be fully prepared for the Biden-Harris administration to be successful from the very beginning. day”. .
The fact that the Biden administration accelerates the preparation of executive orders that can be executed with the signature of the president without the legislative process of parliament appears to be unrelated to the situation in which the Biden administration is expected to prevent important legislation in parliament. .
This is because the outcome of the Senate election is undecided even if the Democratic Party manages to maintain its majority position in the House of Representatives. The composition of the Senate will be finalized by two second-round votes in Georgia on January 5 next year, and the Republican Party is likely to maintain majority status in the Senate for now.
In this regard, an official from Biden’s procurement team told WP: “The policy team and the procurement team are currently focusing on the president’s executive order authority in a large part of the (National Task).” . I do, “he said.
