US Elections, Trump vs Biden:  Impact on the world and the PH

From left: US President Donald Trump, Democratic candidate Joe Biden and President Rodrigo Duterte.

A Trump victory means that his brand of “America First” will not only continue but be reinforced.  A Biden victory means a reversion to neo-liberalism that has defined the US since the end of World War 2.  How this will evolve in the post-Covid-19 environment, however, and under a huge debt overhang and amid calls for more government intervention to address social and economic inequality issues, remains unknown.  America faces a new social contract problem.