U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told China's top diplomat on Tuesday that President Joe Biden's administration is 'very committed to stabilizing relations between the world's two biggest economies, as the countries seek to restart high-level contacts.
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, July 18, 2023. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told China's top diplomat on Tuesday that President Joe Biden's administration is "very committed" to stabilizing relations between the world's two biggest economies, as the countries seek to restart high-level contacts.
"Sometimes, small problems can become big problems," Wang said, adding that dialogue must be conducted on an "equal basis." Contacts have only slowly been restored and China continues to refuse to restart dialogue between the People's Liberation Army, the party's military branch, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Biden "values his relationship with President Xi , and I think President Xi values his relationship with President Biden, and I know he looks forward to being able to move forward and change the dynamic," Kerry said. China leads the world in producing and consuming coal and has proceeded with building new plants that add tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere annually, while also expanding the use of renewables such as solar and wind power.
U.S. lawmakers have faulted China for refusing to make bigger cuts in climate-damaging fossil fuel emissions, along with the country's insistence that it is still a developing economy that produces far less pollution per capita and should be exempted from the climate standards adopted by developed Western economies.
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