Biden Backs Economic-Recovery Agenda at Summit of the Americas

LOS ANGELES—President Biden on Wednesday addressed a regional summit that has seen its roster scrambled by boycotts from some leaders, including Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who wanted the U.S. to include autocratic countries at the gathering.

Mr. Biden is hosting the Summit of the Americas—which is focused on economic, climate and migration issues—for three days. He laid out an economic-recovery agenda in the aftermath of the pandemic, which he said aims to include mobilizing investments in the region, making supply chains more resilient and pushing for more clean-energy jobs and more-inclusive trade relations between the countries.