The leaders of the world’s advanced economies gathered Friday on the Cornish coast for the first time since the global coronavirus pandemic began, welcoming President Joe Biden as a new member who arrived here intent on restoring traditional American alliances. Talktokemi
With a
pandemic raging in much of the world, a global economy still in shock and
threats rising from Russia and China, the Group of 7 sumit that formally began
on Friday was shaping up to potentially be one of the most consequential in
recent memory.
The gathered
nations will pledge to donate 1 billion Covid vaccine doses, with the US providing
about half of those shots.
Biden has
ramped up those stakes, framing the moment as one just as momentous as the
years during and after World War II, when the US, the United Kingdom and their
allies worked together to help the world recover. An army mechanic from that
war — Queen Elizabeth II — will join leaders Friday night for a reception.
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