President Obama met with Chinese President Hu Jintao today and “agreed to expand our cooperation on climate change, energy and [the] environment” among other issues, Hu told members of the press after their meeting.
“As the two largest consumers and producers of energy, there can be no solution to this challenge without the efforts of both China and the United States,” President Obama said. The leaders agreed to launch a joint U.S.-China clean energy research center, take actions to mitigate the impacts of climate change and to abide by any agreements that are reached at next month’s COP-15 conference in Copenhagen, a meeting of the conference of the parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC.)
The economy was also high on the leaders’ agenda. Hu said the two countries will continue to increase dialogue on financial policies and trade disagreements. They both spoke of the importance of the G20 as a body that can advance reforms of the international financial system.
“China’s partnership has proved critical in our effort to pull ourselves out of the worst recession in generations,” Obama said.
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Jitendra
Location: Gurgaon, India
17 November 2009 at 18:52 EST
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It is amazing to see how selectively America’s fetish for democracy pricks its conscience. Clearly, President Obama had no qualms of conscience about the democratic rights of the people of China while in Beijing.
To mix idealism with trade does not make good sense, does it?
shannon
Location: singapore
18 November 2009 at 18:00 EST
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Why so? Do you think America REALLY had democracy with all the war against terrorism and fighting going on? The Americans themselves have had too much going on in the back of their heads to really think about democracy for China at this moment. Go read on the possibilities for the human mind, It is limited and not flawless..
Subbaram Danda
Location: Chennai, India
18 November 2009 at 21:09 EST
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It is an excellent move on the part of President Obama to extend a hand of co-operation to China in the arena of economy and environment. The harsh reality is that the US has witnessed the worst recession in recent times, while China remains the fastest growing economy in the world even in these trying times. China’s currency Yuan has emerged as the contender to be the world’s foreign exchange, while the present reign of the US dollar appears to be losing ground. Under the circumstances, US should also forge strong economic ties with another fast emerging country–India. United States, India and China working together purely and solely for world economic growth is the best development one could look for.–SUBBARAM DANDA, Chennai, India.
tim d. McCain
Location: phoenix arizona usa
19 November 2009 at 08:53 EST
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NOW A DAYS THEIR NO TRUST IN OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT THE DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS BOTH TELL LIES
Dr P J John
Location: Singapore
22 November 2009 at 04:07 EST
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President Obama trip to Asia was key to engaging the APEC and ASEAN nations he had a red carpet treatment in Singapore.
After the Texas shooting incident his trip in was delayed but Democracy marched on in this hour where the word needs a God send breakthrough. I believe President Obama knows the key is acceptance of the reality facing up to it. Politics of hope and change needs to deliver soon for USA and the world as the world recession is slowly waning though not totally over. Asia is already making a turn all FTA need to be executed urgently.