After four days of vote counting, news organizations on Nov 7 declared Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the winners of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Although incumbent President Donald Trump refused to concede to Biden and vowed to legally challenge the result of the election, leaders around the world, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have congratulated Biden and Harris on their victory.

Given Biden’s track record as Vice President during the Obama administration, world leaders await drastically different U.S. policies compared to President Trump. What are the expectations of the Rising Powers on the upcoming leadership of Biden and Harris? In this Policy Alert, we examine the Rising Powers’ reactions to the results of the 2020 U.S. Election.

Read the full Policy Alert here.