AFTER TRUMP: What the Global South Can Expect from Joe Biden

It would be a mistake for progressives in Asia to assume that the Biden presidency would steer the US in a direction that would boost, or even align, with their struggles for justice, human rights, public interest and peace domestically, regionally and globally. The Biden and Trump models of governance may be as different as chalk from cheese, but Biden will still be a US president, and will uphold US economic and geopolitical interests at all costs to ensure a legacy of longevity for the Democratic Party and maintain the myth of US exceptionalism. While Biden may not rush to reinsert the US into global trade deals, there are no signs that US corporations will face deeper, more serious regulation, or that there will be a marked shift away from neoliberalism, given the influence of financial and technology corporations in the Democratic Party.