G-7 Leaders Call For Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins
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The leaders of the G-7 nations released a joint statement Sunday calling for an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the G-7 Summit came to a close Sunday, President Joe Biden, along with the leaders of the U.K., Italy, Germany, Canada, Japan and France, called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead "a timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO-convened Phase 2 COVID-19 Origins study" in China. This comes after Biden urged the other leaders to call out China’s nonmarket policies and human rights violations; in the statement, the G-7 said it would challenge "non-market policies...which undermine the fair and transparent operation of the global economy” and called on China to "respect human rights and fundamental freedoms" in Xinjiang. The leaders of the G-7 nations also pledged to deliver 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries in need within one year; committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050; and agreed on a 15% minimum tax on multinational companies.
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