The US and China will restart stalled climate negotiations following the meeting of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, bringing relief to the diplomats and climate experts gathered in Egypt at the UN COP27 summit on how to limit catastrophic global warming.
The two leaders agreed to “empower key senior officials to maintain communication and deepen constructive efforts” on a range of transnational issues, including climate change, global economic stability and food security, a White House readout of the meeting said.
The White House said the leaders “spoke candidly” about many issues at the meeting in Bali. While Biden raised objections about Chinese policies towards Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Taiwan, he made clear the US would work with China on critical global issues where they had a mutual interest.