G-7 leaders pledge to donate 1 billion covid vaccines by 2022

The leaders of the world's major powers have pledged to donate between now and the end of 2022 billion doses of vaccines for developing countries. "A week ago, I asked my G-7 colleagues for help in preparing and distributing the doses needed to vaccinate the whole world by the end of 2022," said British President Boris Johnson this Sunday at a press conference at the end from the summit in Cornwall. "We have committed to delivering around one billion vaccines to poor countries, either through Covax, or through direct donations from different countries," announced the British president. The exit from a pandemic that has weighed down the main economies was the central issue on the agenda, which has prompted important decisions that still have to be detailed.

G-7 leaders have backed US President Joe Biden's initiative to counter China's growing influence. A multi-billion dollar plan, combining public and private action, will offer developing countries rapid financing of sustainable and green projects, from railway lines in Africa to wind stations in Asia. It has been called "the green route of silk", in contrast to the impulse with that name that the Chinese giant has been promoting for years, with collaboration schemes in countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Cornwall summit closed this Sunday after three intense days of work with a session dedicated to the climate challenge, in which naturalist David Attenborough participated. "Our planet is warming rapidly.It is something undeniable and beyond any doubt. Our societies and nations present inequalities (…) The decisions made during this decade by the most advanced nations on the planet will be the most important in history, ”he told the summit leaders.

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Biden has left Cornwall to meet Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle this Sunday.

The British host and prime minister, Boris Johnson, remained in Carbis Bay to present to the press a summit that was his main foreign policy bet of the post-Brexit era.

The G-7 has given the definitive impulse to a minimum corporate tax rate of "at least 15%".

And it has reaffirmed the commitments of the seven nations to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.

The summit, however, has been overshadowed by growing tension between the Johnson government and the EU.

The prime minister has even threatened to unilaterally breach the provisions of the Irish Protocol, the issue that has caused the most friction between London and Brussels.

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, assured yesterday, after the bilateral meeting with the British prime minister, that "the EU remains united in this matter" and that international agreements must be complied with.

Brussels has warned that it will not hesitate to impose tariffs on British products arriving in Northern Ireland, if the Johnson government does not implement the customs controls to which it promised.

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