Editorial: A crucial climate dialogue between Beijing and Washington
Former Secretary of State John Kerry is making his third trip to Beijing – where he will stay until Wednesday – since taking office in 2021. John Kerry, whose trip to Beijing ends on Wednesday, called for “action climate change between China and the United States. “We (Americans) hope that this meeting will mark the beginning of a new definition of cooperation (in terms of climate) and the ability to resolve the differences between us,” insisted John Kerry.
“The cooperation on climate change is progressing between China and the United States, so we need the joint support of the peoples of both countries. China-US relations should be healthy, stable and long-lasting,” Wang Yi added. “We need a healthy, stable and lasting relationship between China and the United States,” he warned, however.
Warming of diplomatic relations
The climate dialogue was interrupted almost a year ago: China suspended it to protest against the trip to Taiwan of Nancy Pelosi, then president of the United States House of Representatives. The atmosphere now seems to be the resumption of trade, even if Washington wants to display its firmness in this area.
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John Kerry will call on China “not to hide behind the assertion that it is a developing country”, to diminish its commitment against climate change, announced Sunday on CNN Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser of the American president. “Each country, including China, has the responsibility to reduce its emissions”, had hammered Jake Sullivan.
Visits to China by senior US officials have multiplied in recent months to warm up diplomatic relations: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken went there in June, then US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in early July.
John Kerry’s trip to this country comes at a time when the impact of climate change is particularly felt on the planet, with heat waves in many parts of the world including China.
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2023-07-18 03:53:20
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