seaside. beautiful day. beautiful spot. we love it. now back to our main story this hour. the g7 is underway. it s a few bays down that way. the world leaders will have woken up to something like this this morning. on the agenda for day 2 of the g7 is the global economy, foreign policy and the pandemic. covid-19 prevented these leaders from meeting in person for almost two years. downing street said the group on saturday is expected to sign what s known as the carbis bay declaration aimed at preventing another coronavirus pandemic. they re talking about ways to mitigate climate change. the group of 7 is unlike any other international forum. for u.s. president joe biden it s his first chance to reassert u.s. values and leadership. other leaders have welcomed his presence. here s more on this with cnn s
joe biden because there s so much that they want to do together with us, from security, nato, to climate change. it s fantastic. it s a breath of fresh air. a lot of things they want to do together. translator: i am happy that the american president is present here. being able to meet joe biden is obviously important because he stands with a commitment to multi-laterallism which we were missing in recent years. reporter: cnn international diplomatic reporter nic robertson joins us from carbis bay. you ve covered countless g7 summits. it comes after the trump presidency. joe biden has promised to restore the united states presence in the world. the question is this, is multi-lateralism back? reporter: that s the question that all the g7 will be asking themselves.
he needs to demonstrate that things are working, this is in everybody s interests. republican s too . which is why we have concrete announcements. they re donating 1 billion vaccines to low income countries. there will be an agreement on taxation on multi-national companies. what are you expecting today? from today, the focus today is on climate change. we re still on the pandemic as well. overlaying all of this is this approach to how they tackle what biden is calling this new cold war and so lots of that has to do with how they tackle china, both economically and in terms of its influence around the
the princess of whales traveling all part of the long-term royal transition process. charles held his own spinoff meeting about private sector efforts to tackle climate change. this ahead of the u.n. climate change conference which will also be held in the u.k. later this year. after so much focus on tensions within the royal family, this was an opportunity for the royals remaining in the u.k. to show a united front and reassert themselves on the world stage. max foster, cnn. well, that was an unusual amount of royal muscle for a g7 but that s what you get when the g7 is hosted in the u.k. of course, that comes ahead of mr. biden s personal meeting with the queen. that will be tomorrow. we ll have continuing coverage of the g7 right after this on cnn. kim? yeah, so many interesting
on his first overseas trip as president, in britain today for the start of the g7, president joe biden is reaping the international rewards of not being his predecessor. he gets to revel a little bit, at least at first, at how relieved the world is at that fact. all the things we believe in together, democracy, human rights, the rule of law, the u.s. and the uk stick up for those two things together. so it s incredibly important that we should affirm that. the talks were great. they went on for a long time. we covered a huge range of subjects, and it s wonderful to listen to the biden administration and to joe biden because there s so much that they want to do together with us, from security, nato, to climate change. and it s it s a breath of