G20 leaders to focus on climate, COVID and Iran's nuclear ambitions at Rome summit
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President Joe Biden is mending fences and building new relationships on the world stage in Italy as he takes part in the annual G20 summit of major economies in Rome. His message is that the U.S. is steadfastly committed to allies and to face-to-face diplomacy.
World leaders will focus on ending the coronavirus pandemic with more vaccine sharing, curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions, tackling climate change, and fixing supply-chain issues driving up prices, CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.
The two-day summit, which kicked off Saturday, is the first in-person meeting of G20 leaders since the pandemic began. Mr. Biden's years of foreign policy experience will be tested on the visit, while Democrats back in Washington grapple with two giant pieces of the president's domestic agenda: the sharply cut $1.75 trillion social spending plan and the trillion dollar infrastructure bill.
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