Biden Pushes G-20 Energy Producing Countries to Boost Production

Joe Biden on Saturday urged major Group of 20 (G-20) energy producing countries with spare capacity to boost production to ensure a stronger global economic recovery as part of a broad effort to pressure OPEC and its partners to increase oil supply. With oil and gas prices surging, some energy-producing countries such as Russia and Saudi Arabia have not boosted output enough to satisfy countries that are largely energy consumers and worry about energy shortages and inflation. France’s Emmanuel Macron echoed those concerns in an interview with the Financial Times, urging the summit to push for better “visibility and stability…