China and US in stand-off at climate talks
TIANJIN, China (AFP) – UN climate talks were set to wrap up on Saturday with China and the United States locked in a stand-off, slowing down progress ahead of a major summit next month on global warming. The major powers sparred throughout the six days of talks in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, prompting the hosts to warn on the penultimate day that the atmosphere for negotiation had deteriorated. “I want to emphasise no compromise… on the interests of developing countries,” the Chinese foreign ministry's special representative for climate change, Huang Huikang, told delegates on Friday. “We are losing trust and confidence.” Delegates…
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