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Influence of Biden administration policy on the USD

US Interest is Still #1 Policy

By Giorgi MikhelidzePublished 3 years ago 5 min read
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U.S. President Joe Biden might suggest he rejects the "America First" policy of former President Donald Trump. But Biden should not be judged by his words but by his deeds, and he keeps pursuing US interests in a way that harms the rest of the globe.

Some steep armaments are wisely carried out, such as rejection by the administration to stop the export of all but some doses of COVID-19, even those received from factories in the European Union by the United States. Biden's sparkling posture on the patent of the waiving vaccine obscures how cumbersome it is to provide life-saving doses. Whilst the USA has hedged vaccinations under Biden with a miserable 3 million dosage shared by the EU in around 200 million doses, about as much as its own nationals in non-European countries across the world.

Other expenses, though, are no less damaging to the globe, while not purposefully enforced such as Biden's vaccine nationalism. While the economic measures of the administration are meant to stimulate growth at home, the global price of essential commodities, including and particularly food, has already increased historically. This global inflow of food has already forced foreign governments to choose between reducing famine and cushioning the economic impact of COVID-19, which is about to affect the poorest worldwide.

In global commodities markets, the dollar has a relationship between Biden's economic strategy and foreign domestic food budgets. When the US Federal Reserve bursts its balance sheet and imprints the dollars it makes, the prices of foodstuffs such as maize, soybeans, and wheat are generally increased. This is because transactions in these marketplaces are usually denominated in U.S. dollars as they are for most other markets. And if the Fed pumps into the financial system billions of additional dollars, there is more money to purchase the same package, and food products are pieces of stuff. That has led to so many, rising costs, not just food, but also wood, copper, residential properties, and U.S. shares.

Can the USD be weakened?

The US dollar is about to drop further in market views, according to analysts, that after the election geopolitical concerns will decrease and that the next stimulus package is likely to be less than projected.

The analysts of Citi Private Bank anticipated that the dollar would be weaker since a Biden government would reduce international trade politics in uncertainty.

"Victory implies a return to a more traditional government by President-Elect Biden. As the president's province, the manner foreign policy is carried out will change greatly. The building of the Alliance is back. 'The Tariff Threat First' is going to conclude negotiations,' written on a letter issued by David Bailin, chief investment officer, and Steven Wieting, senior investment strategist, and chief economist.

They stated that this will assist many of the financial markets in the world, in particular in emerging markets.

"Maybe post-election clarity for global commerce is the greatest. Without increasing tariff threats, US foreign policy will enter a more predictable phase. We see a decline in the US dollar and a strong likelihood of rising developing markets," they said.

Since rates fall, it hurts the U.S. currency, as investors might abandon assets denominated in dollars generating fewer returns.

In a report also written by Brokerage Phillip Futures that if the second incentive package is less than anticipated, the dollar might fall.

"A more and more bizarre image of the U.S. currency is developing... indications showing that Fed money printing may be used to boost the economy rather than government expenditure."

A split Congress with Senate Republicans and Democrats in charge might imply an incentive package. This raises pressure on the US Federal Resources to increase its bond purchase scheme and other programs that assist the economy while putting the currency under pressure.

The US financial system as a foreign policy weapon

Joe Biden has proven his determination to weaponize US financial systems against the enemies by utilizing US institutions as a cudgel against Russia, following a technique shaped through the years of Obama and stepped up substantially under Donald Trump.

Biden was the first to give substantial insight into the presidential attitude of sanctions by the decision this week of prohibiting US financial institutions from acquiring new Russian sovereign debt as punishment for suspected cyber-hacking campaigns and for other crimes. It has given renewed cause for concern regarding its misuse.

Experts suggested that the US Government "outsourced US foreign policies" to US banks or used them as a "forward base" for building a persistent armed presence beyond the domestic territory.

In his campaign against Iran, Syria, Venezuela, North Korea, and China, Trump's installation of thousands of penalties turned them into a foreign-policy instrument – and two-party Congressman pressure also imposed sanctions on Russia. Administrative officials from the Biden administration say that they are creating a larger economic toolset, are working closely with partners, and are making the use of penalties more discriminatory.

The government wants to take time to create the proper answer and disputes the veracity of worries of looking "toothless." A national security council official has stated that

The Biden team examined the "effectiveness" of additional punitive instruments in addition to penalties such as duties, investment constraints, and export controls, said a senior government official. It also considered positive incentives, such as bilateral aid, multilateral aid, and debt reduction.

Some members of Biden's staff who had been concerned about the overuse, like Deputy National Security Consultant, Daleep Singh, have become more comfortable with them.

He told Congress in 2019 that, owing to "unpredictable spillover impacts," he was "prudential" about Russian debt action as a US treasury official in 2014, but since then he had developed the perspective that Russia has been able to better absorb damage and lower investor exposure.

In order to publish a frequent cost/benefit assessment of the US restrictions program or to establish specific principles governing sanctions, Biden's Government has yet to accept two of his proposals.

But it aims to achieve a global strategy – a further Harrell proposal — that distinguishes the unilateralism of the Trump period, which in 2018 prompted the European Union to broaden its blocking law limiting the effects of the Washington sanctions on Iran.

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