I also wanted to note that, even as I’ve been here in Rome, as you might guess - and some of you, I suspect, do the same thing - American reporters - I’ve been focused on the vital issues that affect American workers and families at home. Yesterday, together with Prime Minister Johnson and Merkel and Macron - President Macron, we came together to reiterate our shared belief that diplomacy - diplomacy is the best way to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, and we discussed how best to encourage Iran to resume serious, good-faith negotiations. We also agreed to establish a fund in the future that - for - countries can draw on to help prevent, if necessary, and respond to the next pandemic, prepared for the next time around. Instead of nations competing against one another to attract investments by bottoming out corporate tax rates, this set a minimum floor of 15 percent to ensure that giant corporations begin to pay their fair share, no matter where they’re headquartered, instead of hiding - hiding profits overseas. And this is an incredible win for all our countries. This is something the United States has been driving for for over a year, building momentum up to this achievement. I believe we made tangible progress on each of these issues, in part because of the commitment that the United States has brought to the table.įor example, I’m proud that the G20 endorsed the global minimum tax. He did one heck of a job leading the G20 through a difficult year marked by great global challenges, critically among them: ending the pandemic driving a broad-based, sustainable global economic recovery and tackling the climate crisis. We can get things done together.Īnd so, I want to thank the Italian people, by the way, for the G20, for their hospitality, and congratulate Prime Minister Draghi. I found my one-on-one engagements with so many of the leaders, and the importance of strong, personal relationships never feels - it never ceases to amaze me when it’s - you’re looking at someone straight in the eye when you’re trying to get something done. I found in all of my meetings here, both the larger sessions and the one-on-one sessions - and I had many of those - a real eagerness among our partners and allies for American leadership to help bring the world together and solve some of these big problems.
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