President Biden
Joe BidenBiden on Trump’s acquittal: “The substance of the indictment is not in dispute” White House press aide resigns after threatening Trump journalist’s condemnation vote exposes division of Republican Party MORE this Friday it will join leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries to hold a virtual summit focused on the global response to COVID-19 and efforts to rebuild global economies, a White House statement said on 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 follow a COVID-19 pandemic approach involving US allies in a greater role than the Trump administration, which took the United States out of the COVAX effort led by the World Health Organization to distribute vaccines in less developed countries.
The Biden administration pledged in January to rejoin the effort, although it promised to vaccinate 100 million Americans during the first 100 days of the president’s inauguration.
Other discussions with leaders at the summit will focus on the economic recovery from the pandemic, which left millions of jobs in the United States alone, as well as the G7’s economic position toward China, which the president has promised to take responsibility for. economic espionage. and other disputed trade issues.
“President Biden will also discuss global economic recovery, including the importance of all industrialized countries maintaining economic support for recovery and collective measures to better rebuild,” the White House statement said.
“President Biden will also discuss the need to invest to strengthen our collective competitiveness and the importance of updating global standards to meet economic challenges such as those posed by China,” he continued.
Friday’s meeting will be the first G7 meeting of the Biden presidency and the first time the group of allies has met since April last year.