摘要
AT their virtual meeting on February 19,leaders of the Group of Seven(G7)pledged in a joint statement to make 2021 a turning point for multilateralism.Amid global volatility,multilateral cooperation is facing a range of new challenges that need the guidance of innovation and inspiration of a practical trailblazing approach.Nonetheless,despite such uncertainty across the world,the pledge from the G7 sent a positive sign.The stance of supporting and encouraging international cooperation taken by the G7 since its founding in 1975 is reminiscent of the study of the world renowned economist Richard N.Cooper,widely recognized as the founder of study on international cooperation in economics.Cooper helped lay the theoretical ground for the founding of G7.
