President Biden
Joe BidenBiden on Trump’s Acquittal: ‘The Content of the Accusation Is Not in dispute’ will join leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations next Friday for a virtual summit focusing on the global response to COVID-19 and efforts to build global economies, a White House statement said Sunday.
At the UK-hosted virtual meeting, Biden will “ focus on a global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ” suggesting that the Biden administration will take an approach to the COVID-19 pandemic with US allies a greater role then play the Trump. government, which the US has withdrawn from the World Health Organization-led COVAX effort to distribute vaccines in less developed countries.
The Biden administration pledged to rejoin that effort in January, while also pledging to vaccinate 100 million Americans within the first 100 days of the president’s office.
Other discussions with leaders at the summit will focus on economic recovery from the pandemic, which put millions of people out of work in the US alone, and the G7’s economic stance on China, which the president has pledged to hold accountable for economic espionage. and other disputed trade issues.
“President Biden will also discuss the global economic recovery, including the importance of maintaining economic support for all industrialized countries for the recovery and collective action to better rebuild,” the White House statement read.
“President Biden will also discuss the need to make investments to strengthen our collective competitiveness and the importance of updating global rules to address economic challenges such as China’s,” it continued.
Friday’s meeting is the first G7 meeting of Biden’s presidency and the first time the group of allies has met since April last year.