President Biden kicked off a series of meetings with world leaders on Sunday in the Bavarian Alps, where the war in Ukraine was expected to dominate conversation.
with world leaders on Sunday in the Bavarian Alps, where the war in Ukraine was expected to dominate conversation as leaders look for ways to counter the conflict's effects on the global economy and ratchet up pressure on Russia.
The meetings come amid tall challenges for Biden domestically and internationally. At home, Biden faces the fallout from theeliminating a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, and soaring inflation that threatens to pull the U.S. into a recession. Abroad, the war in Ukraine has triggered a looming global food shortage and soaring energy prices.
“I think you should expect to see a series of steps that are designed to increase pressure in an ongoing way on [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and Russia,” an administration official said ahead of the summit. “We think that the step that’s being taken with gold is a very important illustration of the additional steps that we expect to be taken now and in the weeks ahead.”
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