Biden will become the first US president to address the Munich meeting, underlining a decisive shift after cooperation was all but broken under his go-it-alone predecessor Donald Trump.
London denies it has China in its sights, but the Asian power has been widely accused of covering up the emergence of the virus in late 2019 and depriving the WHO of vital early information. Both Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron intend also to drum up G7 support to facilitate the rollout of vaccines to poorer countries, especially in Africa, for instance by donating more money to the UN’s Covax program.
Biden, who shares Johnson’s sloganeering aim to “build back better”, will underline to G7 allies his intention to carve out a more inclusive economy that benefits “all workers”, including women and minorities. And the leaders will endorse recent declarations by their foreign ministers condemning the February 1 coup in Myanmar, which has provoked sanctions from the US, Britain and Canada.
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