John Kerry Says the US and China Need More Time to Break Ground on Climate
- Kerry met Chinese counterpart for three full days of talks
- Trip marked third official US visit to Beijing in recent weeks
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Washington and Beijing need more time to “break new ground” in their shared mission to combat global warming, US climate envoy John Kerry said after days of talks in Beijing ended without sweeping new commitments.
“We got a long way with it,” and “we just ran out of administrative time and capacity to chase it down,” Kerry said in an interview Wednesday night. “But we’re in the chase.”