Build Back Better Dies … Again
Whether those signals have been provided in good faith remains unclear, but his annoyance at continued debate over the framework that he killed is obvious. He has bristled at mentions of the phrase “Build Back Better” on several occasions,
last month, on the day of Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, that “there is no Build Back Better,” and earlier saying that Build Back Better is “dead.”
Now in the global context, the administration is accommodating this rhetorical reality. It is unclear whether the rebranding will result in any substantive policy change. In recent weeks, the administration
that it intends to move forward with the partnership in some form, regardless of framing, and there are no signs that other G7 partners intend to backtrack from their commitments.