G-7 Skirts the China Question, Yet Need for Answers Grows
- Biden and Merkel condemned Beijing but differences persist
- U.S. president adds to new sense of cooperation on world stage
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Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations tiptoed around the issue of China during their first, virtual, gathering of 2021 and failed to disguise a growing sense that it’s a problem they will need to confront soon.
Joe Biden’s debut on the world stage as U.S. president showed further efforts to reset the transatlantic relationship and highlighted an increasing unease with Beijing’s behavior. European Union leaders didn’t always share those U.S. concerns during Donald Trump’s four years in the White House.