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Reuters: Climate Talks Struggle As China And U.S. Face Off

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Tags: China, Climate Change, Environment, United States

The United States said on Wednesday that U.N. climate talks were making less progress than hoped because of a rift over rising economies' emission goals, while China rejected pressure and put the onus on rich nations.

Negotiators from 177 governments are meeting this week in the north Chinese city of Tianjin trying to agree on the shape of the successor to the current phase of the Kyoto Protocol, the key U.N. treaty on fighting global warming, which expires in 2012.

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