China set to weigh heavy on Biden's first G-7 in Cornwall

Pressure on leaders to deliver at first in-person summit since onset of pandemic

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President Joe Biden meets American service members at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England on June 9. Biden is in the U.K. for the G-7 summit starting Friday, © AP

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON -- The leaders of the Group of Seven club of wealthy democracies will meet in Cornwall, England, on Friday for their first in-person summit since the onset of the pandemic -- and perhaps the group's most important gathering ever.

After years of disunity, and facing urgent global challenges, there is pressure on the G-7 leaders not to just promise, but to deliver.

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