laura thornton from the german marshall fun. thank you so much for your analysis. thanks for having me. stop you. official was left on the line as holding talks in washington with use president joe biden topping the agenda is the coordination of support for ukraine, as well as us clean energy subsidies that have prompted anger among some european nations. european allies have expressed frustration over a new u. s. law that offers tax credits to american consumers to buy electric vehicles made in north america. the talks are being seen as a test of the trans atlantic alliance and its ability to hold a unified front on the global stage even as they deal with internal disagreements and dw mikaela cove known washington has been following this meeting very closely. mikaela, the 2 leaders are meeting now. can you explain to our viewers what this fairly complicated dispute is about it? yes, i'll try to explain it briefly. will basically, joe biden launched something called the in for the inflation reduction act, which is supposed to ease pressure on american consumers and