G-7 finance chiefs highlight need to support pandemic-hit economies

Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven countries on Friday emphasized the importance of supporting pandemic-hit economies toward a recovery, with the United States calling for further fiscal aid and vowing to return to multilateralism.The teleconference among the G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors was the first since the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden launched last month with a pledge to shift away from his predecessor Donald Trump's unilateralist "America First" policy.It was also the first ministerial meeting of the G-7 -- which groups Britain, Canada, France…READ FULL ARTICLE