U.K. Plans Hosting G-7 Meeting Next Week to Craft China Strategy
- Premier hopes leaders will sign joint statement on pandemic
- U.S. has told the G-7 it needs to act firmly toward China
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to host a virtual meeting of the Group of Seven leaders on Feb. 19 to form a united front in the fight against the coronavirus and to start crafting a joint strategy on China.
Among senior diplomats who are laying the groundwork there was also a preliminary discussion about how to address China and what wording to use in the final communique of the June summit, according to a diplomatic note seen by Bloomberg.