Surprise US-China climate deal breaks through superpower standoff
The world's two largest carbon polluters found common ground Wednesday this week at the UN summit in Glasgow, issuing a joint statement about improving climate cooperation on several key areas, with diplomatic ties between the two geopolitical rivals also improved to underpin their "concrete" environmental efforts looking forward.
BY BLOOMBERG NEWS
China and the US vowed to work together to slow global warming, issuing a surprise joint statement Wednesday that injects new momentum into the last days of global climate negotiations. The deal also marks a rare moment of cooperation between superpowers locked in geopolitical rivalry and which seemed at odds for most of the two-week talks in Glasgow, Scotland.
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