Biden And Macron Had "Detailed Discussion" On Inflation Reduction Act

US President Joe Biden has told reporters that he had a "detailed discussion" with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Inflation Reduction Act in their bilateral meeting at the White House.

• Macron: "We had an excellent discussion on the IRA and the recent pieces of legislation adopted by the American administration and like President Biden just said, we agreed to resynchronise our approaches in order to invest in critical emerging industries - semiconductors, batteries, hydrogen - everything that is absolutely decisive because as a matter of fact we share the same vision..."
• Biden and Macron both agreed to task teams to continue work to find solutions to European objections to the legislation.
• Macron says that both Presidents wish to "create more industrial jobs in the long run" for their countries.