US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to sign a new Atlantic Charter.

What is Atlantic Charter?

• The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II.
• The charter’s adherents signed the Declaration by United Nations on 1 January 1942, which was the basis for the modern United Nations.
• The charter inspired several other international agreements and events that followed the end of the war.
• The dismantling of the British Empire, the formation of NATO, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) all derived from the Atlantic Charter.

Why sign new charter?

• At their meeting, the two leaders plan to sign what they’re calling a new Atlantic Charter, pledging to “defend the principles, values, and institutions of democracy and open societies.”
• US hopes to reassure European allies that the US had shed the transactional tendencies of Donald Trump’s term and is a reliable partner again.
• The US staunchly opposed the Brexit movement, the British exodus from the European Union that Mr. Johnson championed, and has expressed great concern with the future of Northern Ireland.
• Biden once called the British leader a “physical and emotional clone” of Trump.

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