United States President Joe Biden is off to his second foreign trip and will be visiting Italian capital Rome and Scotland’s Glasgow for two critical diplomatic meetings, the G20 and COP26 summits. The American commander-in-chief departed for Europe on Thursday afternoon.

What shall we expect from Biden’s diplomatic endeavor?

Biden will hold a series of meetings with world leaders, who are also scheduled to assemble for the upcoming summits. Air Force One’s first stop will be the Vatican City, where Biden will meet Pope Francis on Friday.

United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said earlier this week that this will be the fourth meeting of Biden and the Pope, according to reports from CNN.

Another upcoming key meeting will be held between Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the same day. The breakout meeting will be the first time the two world leaders will meet face to face after sharing a rough patch of diplomatic engagement following the AUKUS controversy.

In a statement, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden will be there “to tackle and talk about some of the biggest crises we face, whether it’s the global economy and levelling the playing field on taxes around the world. Or the climate crisis and working with countries around the world to tackle that existential threat.”

What are Biden’s priorities?

When explaining Biden’s plan for the summit, Psaki said, “The G20 is a group of 20 countries in the world that make up 80% of the global economy.” She went on to speak about ‘Global Minimum Tax’ is one of the areas of focus for the diplomatic summit.

Psaki said, “Countries compete with each other for lower tax rates. That should not be what we are competing over.” The White House press secretary based the comment on Biden’s domestic effort of getting the tax slab introduced in the United States, which was set at 15%.