Boris Johnson and Joe Biden today agreed a new grandiose 'Atlantic Charter' setting out their joint vision for the world's recovery from the coronavirus crisis and future prosperity. The original charter was hammered out by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 and acted as a guiding blueprint for life after the Second World War. Mr Johnson said that Churchill and Roosevelt had faced the question of how to rebuild after a 'devastating' global conflict. The original charter is viewed as historically significant because it solidified the US-UK relationship as allies. The major focus of Mr Johnson and Mr Biden's new charter is defeating the coronavirus crisis and preventing further global health crises.

Source: The Nation June 11, 2021 01:41 UTC