International relationsUS and UK vow to guard global order against autocracies
Biden and Johnson sign Atlantic Charter 2.0 but deny new Cold War
U.S. President Joe Biden laughs while meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, U.K., on June 10. © Reuters
ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday signed a new take on a charter dating back to the Second World War, as the two countries vowed to secure the international order of the 21st century against threats from autocracies.