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G-7 takes on pandemic, climate and China's role

The G-7 summit wrapped up with vows to end the pandemic, fight climate change and incorporate U.S. President Biden's pledge to “build back better."

G-7 leaders at the U.K.-hosted summit along Carbis Bay in Cornwall, England
G-7 leaders at the U.K.-hosted summit along Carbis Bay in Cornwall, England (AN/Hollie Adams)

LONDON (AN) —The Group of Seven summit wrapped up on Sunday vowing to end the COVID-19 pandemic, fight climate change and incorporate U.S. President Joe Biden's pledge to “build back better” on a global scale.

Promises to provide 1 billion more coronavirus vaccine doses, address China's human rights record and step up efforts to combat corruption, ransomware attacks and forced labor in global supply chains also were priorities in the United Kingdom-hosted G-7 summit’s traditional, final communiqué, a 25-page document negotiated over three days of meetings along Carbis Bay in Cornwall, England.

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