News - World: US President Joe Biden is planning to press attendees at the latest meeting of the world’s seven most powerful economies to help Washington overpower China.

Biden will press the members of the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders to take “concrete action” to call out China’s forced labor practices during meetings on Saturday at a summit in Cornwall, England, according to senior administration officials cited by The Hill.

 The G7 leaders are also unveiling a global infrastructure initiative called "Back Better World" to help finance climate-friendly infrastructure projects in the developing world as a counter to China's "Belt and Road Initiative."

The moves are collectively part of Biden’s attempt to gather US allies in a joint effort to outcompete China, the world’s second-largest economy.

Biden has made competition with China's growing clout the central-piece of his foreign policy.

A senior administration official told reporters that Biden would urge other member states of the G7 for “concrete action on forced labor to make clear to the world that we believe these practices are an affront to human dignity and an egregious example of China's unfair economic competition.”

The G7 is comprised of the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States.

China has denounced Washington’s anti-Beijing policy as “too negative", insisting that the Biden administration is more focused on confrontation rather than cooperation with China.

China hoped for an improvement in relations under Biden, who succeeded President Donald Trump in January, but the new administration has shown no sign of backing down on hardline policies toward China.

The US and China are at odds over a range of issues, including alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and Beijing's policies in regard to Hong Kong, Taiwan and the disputed terrorizes in the South China Sea, as well as the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Press TV