* Biden spoke to reporters about the origins of COVID-19
* He said investigators must determine whether COVID-19 evolved in nature or 'whether it was an experiment gone awry in the laboratory'
* Leaders negotiated for days on a special communique
* It will allow a World Trade Organization labeling of China as a 'non-market economy'
* It called attention to human rights and pointed to Xinjiang
* Also mentions Hong Kong autonomy
* Some world leaders were hesitant to do so out of concern for antagonizing China
* Beijing is already hitting back at decisions by a 'small group of countries' President Joe Biden on Sunday said he wants 'transparency' in an international probe that will look into whether coronavirus had a natural origin or leaked from a Wuhan lab – as G7 nations issued a formal communique calling for the probe.
The president, who has ordered his own intelligence review of the origins of COVID-19, called on China to cooperate with the Phase 2 investigation by the World Health Orgnization.
Biden said it was important to get access to uncover 'whether or not this was a consequence of a from the marketplace of bat interfacing with animals in the environment that caused this COVID-19, or whether it was an experiment gone awry in the laboratory.'
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Update #1: G-7 nations call for thorough probe of Covid origins in China (Politico)
Update #2: G7 calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China (CNN) W
NU Editor: This declaration is going to go nowhere.
