Joe Biden's administration urged to lift Europe travel ban, revive economies

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The Biden administration is under pressure from a major business group and diplomats to scrap a travel ban on Europeans.

Travelers from the Schengen zone, Britain and Ireland have been banned from entering the United States since March 2020.The EU ambassador to the United States, Stavros Lambrinidis, told AFP that Brussels is"pushing" for reciprocity, and emphasizing the positive impact such a move would have on both economies.

But compared to the same period from the previous year, investments from the continent plunged to $81 billion in 2020 from $120 billion in 2019, a drop of 32.5 percent. But he pointed to the rise of the Delta variant, which first emerged in India and has caused renewed concerns in Western countries.

 

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