After Turkey publicly criticized China for the first time over Beijing treatment of its Uyghur minority, it is irked over Ankara support for Uyghurs, writes
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President Joe Biden will join the other Group of Seven (G7) leaders for a virtual meeting on February 19 hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It will be President Biden’s first G7 summit. As the President seeks to establish himself as the leader of the free world, no task is more important than rebuilding the world’s economies in the wake of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. It is vital that President Biden encourage other G7 leaders to continue and deepen the coordination of pro-growth policies, including those proven successful under his predecessor.
The President should also insist that the G7 consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States lay down clear markers at the meeting to signal to communist China that the U.S. and its closest (and most economically powerful) allies will remain resolved to stand firm against China’s aggressive mercantilism and its many ongoing efforts to exploit the pandemic a