Biden and Macron hold a joint press conference as part of a state visit - NPR

President Joe Biden speaks during a quality league with French President Emmanuel Macron successful the East Room of the White House connected Thursday. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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President Joe Biden speaks during a quality league with French President Emmanuel Macron successful the East Room of the White House connected Thursday.

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The U.S. and France are reinforcing their concern to curtail Russian aggression successful Ukraine, summation the usage of cleanable vigor and cooperate successful abstraction exploration, President Biden said during a associated property league with French President Emmanuel Macron.

The property league is part of Macron's three-day authorities visit.

"So Emmanuel, convey you again for each that our nations are doing unneurotic for cooperation," Biden said. "My medication built our overseas argumentation astir the spot of our alliances, and France is astatine the precise bosom of that."

Macron focused his opening connection connected the practice betwixt the 2 allies successful supporting Ukraine, addressing cleanable vigor and helium praised Biden for bringing the U.S. backmost into the planetary scene.

"The information that you're backmost connected large planetary challenges specified arsenic wellness and climate, it is truly a caller deal," Macron said.

Biden was asked astir the effort to avert a obstruction strike, and helium defended the woody helium wants Congress to walk designed to debar 1 – adjacent though that negotiated woody doesn't see paid sick permission for obstruction workers.

President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden invited French President Emmanuel Macron and his woman Brigitte Macron during a authorities accomplishment ceremonial connected the South Lawn of the White House connected Thursday. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden invited French President Emmanuel Macron and his woman Brigitte Macron during a authorities accomplishment ceremonial connected the South Lawn of the White House connected Thursday.

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"What was negotiated was truthful overmuch amended than thing they ever had," Biden said, adding that a onslaught would outgo 750,000 jobs and nonstop the U.S. into a recession.

He insisted the White House volition renew its propulsion for paid permission for each workers successful each industries aft Congress passes this draught deal.

Tensions implicit Democrats' clime bill

Biden besides said helium and Macron had a "detailed discussion" connected the Inflation Reduction Act. French officials person raised concerns astir the law's "Made successful America" electrical car provisions, which they accidental could enactment European carmakers astatine a disadvantage. And Macron has warned Europe whitethorn person to instrumentality enactment successful response, including granting subsidies for European companies.

"I wrote the authorities and ne'er intended to exclude folks who were cooperating with us," Biden said during the property conference. "That was not the intention. The volition was to marque definite we were nary longer successful a presumption erstwhile determination was a pandemic successful Asia and China decided they're going to nary longer merchantability america machine chips. We invented the damn things."

Biden assured that the U.S. would proceed to make manufacturing jobs, but not astatine the disbursal of Europe.

Macron said helium and Biden had agreed to "synchronize our approaches" connected emerging industries successful bid to "create much concern jobs successful the agelong run."

The 2 nations are focused connected Ukraine

Biden and Macron some agreed that determination needs to beryllium enactment for Ukraine successful its warfare against Russia. But Biden besides said helium had "no plans to contact" Russian President Vladimir Putin astir the war.

"I person nary contiguous plans to interaction Mr. Putin," helium said. "Mr. Putin is — I request to take my words precise carefully. I'm prepared to talk with Mr. Putin if, successful fact, determination is an involvement successful him — he's looking for a mode to extremity the war. He hasn't done that yet."

He added: "The thought that Putin volition ever win to decision Ukraine is unimaginable."

Macron said helium is assured that the U.S. Congress understands the objectives down supporting Ukraine, adjacent though Republicans successful Congress person pushed backmost against providing much aid. And, helium said, France has been pursuing done with further assistance arsenic well.

A three-day authorities visit

Macron's sojourn — the archetypal authorities sojourn of the Biden-Harris medication — began earlier this week. On Wednesday, Macron and Vice President Kamala Harris visited the NASA headquarters. Last year, Macron and Harris agreed the 2 nations would summation practice successful the abstraction and cybersecurity sectors.

Later connected Thursday, Biden and Macron volition instrumentality portion successful a authorities dinner, which includes a show by Jon Batiste.