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International

Dec. 8, 2009

Will US and China Cooperate in Copenhagen?

U.S. Counsel James Wong of Chinney Capital asks whether the new U.S.-China concordance on climate change will breakthrough in Copenhagen.

By James Wong

The joint announcements on climate change following President Obama's visit to Beijing raises hopes of an international accord at the current summit at Copenhagen. Negotiators in Copenhagen are reaching for an agreement on global warming to replace the 1997 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the "Kyoto Protocol"). Any meaningful agreement will require the cooperation of these two largest carbon emitters in the world. Notably, this announc...

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