G7's Cornwall rendezvous

The group's relevance was tested again

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G7 summit | Coronavirus | Global economy

Business Standard Editorial Comment  |  New Delhi 

The first in-person summit of the Group of Seven (G7) since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic underlined the return to conventional diplomacy after the turmoil of the Donald Trump years, with the United States under Joe Biden reasserting its leadership of global governance.

But even as leaders from the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Canada, and Italy exchanged fist- and elbow-bumps at the picturesque summer resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, the old questions of whether meets by this 46-year-old informal grouping of the world’s wealthiest democracies can ...

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First Published: Tue, June 15 2021. 22:32 IST
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