Opinion
Published on: 19. May 2021
The limits to US-China climate cooperation

The US made it clear that it will not compromise on climate policy cooperation with China on the contentious issues of Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The tensions between the two countries so far prevented them from agreeing to binding climate commitments. Nevertheless, in the coming years, both countries will have to be judged on how they translate climate policy promises into action.
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