President Biden is taking his “‘democracies’ against China” show to the London Group of Seven (G7) Summit. His agenda, set out in his op-ed piece in the Washington Post, was to convince fellow Western leaders that the U.S. can “both meet the challenges and deter the threats of this new age.” Biden wants to lead “democracies” against China on practically every major issue, from COVID-19 to climate change, to offer “a high-standard alternative to China for upgrading physical, digital and health infrastructure,” unite against “autocrats” on AI and ensure that “democracies,” “not China or anyone else, write the 21st-century rules around trade and technology.”
