COVID, climate, tax feature at first post-Trump G7 talks


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a foreign policy address as Vice President Kamala Harris listens, at the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden joins international talks on the global economy this week with other rich nations expecting a decisive break from the "America First" nationalism of Donald Trump.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will join Friday's online meeting with her Group of Seven (G7) peers at which they are likely to renew promises to pursue huge stimulus programmes to aid the economic recovery from COVID-19.

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