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Calls for US, China to work together and ‘set example’ on climate change
- Experts at virtual talks say cooperation on climate, energy and green finance will benefit everyone
- The countries are the two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide in the world
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China and the United States should work together in areas like climate, energy and green finance for the benefit of everyone, even as their rift deepens in other areas, academics from the two countries say.
Speaking at virtual round-table talks on China-US cooperation last week, Liu Yuanchun, vice-president of Renmin University in Beijing, asked: “The relationship between China and the US is at a critical juncture. Will it be possible to start a new development path in the post-Trump era for the Biden administration?”
The discussion involved more than 50 experts from the two countries, according to a social media post by Renmin University, which co-hosted the talks with Columbia University.
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The direction of the bilateral relationship depended on whether the two sides were willing to have in-depth dialogue and work out feasible strategies to cooperate, Liu said.
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Climate change is one area where the two powers have said they could work together, and US climate envoy John Kerry is expected to visit Shanghai this week to meet his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua, though the trip has yet to be confirmed by Beijing.
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