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    World Leaders Are Meeting To Tackle Climate Change And Pandemic Recovery

    Polls show that President Biden's rhetoric and policy changes have already improved America's image in parts of Europe. But analysts say he must also reach substantive agreements with G7 countries.
    by Frank Langfitt Jun 10, 2021 5 minutes
    The Mount Recyclemore sculpture depicting G7 leaders is made from electronic waste. Artist Joe Rush created the sculpture to highlight the damage caused by disposal of electronic devices.

    LONDON — For the first time in nearly two years, the leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest democracies will meet to try to tackle some of the biggest global problems, including the post-pandemic recovery, climate change and the challenge of China. The three-day meeting of the Group of 7, hosted by the United Kingdom, will open on Friday in Carbis Bay, a seaside resort in Cornwall in southwest England.

    President Biden, who arrived in the U.K. Wednesday on his first overseas trip since taking office, has big goals of his own: to reestablish U.S. global leadership and repair old friendships in the wake of the Trump years.

    During his time in the White House, former President Donald Trump famously criticized America's democratic allies — "the European — and sometimes praised its authoritarian rivals, including Russia, which was of what was then the G8 in 2014 for annexing Crimea.

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