Western democracies are in a race to compete with autocratic governments, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday. "We"re in a contest, not with China per se, ... with autocrats, autocratic governments around the world, as to whether or not democracies can compete with them in a rapidly changing 21st century," Biden told a news conference at the conclusion of a Group of Seven leaders" summit in Britain. On China specifically, Biden said: "I think you"re gonna see just straightforward dealing with China. "As I"ve told Xi Jinping myself, I"m not looking for conflict. Where we cooperate, we"ll cooperate; where we disagree I"m going to state this frankly, and we are going to respond to actions that are inconsistent."