EU and China agree sweeping joint statement on climate action

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Leaders put climate at centre of relationship, push for agreement on the Paris deal rulebook and reject Trump's efforts to undermine global cooperation

Climate change will become a "main pillar" of the relationship between the European Union and China, said leaders on Monday. The joint statement, adopted at a summit in Beijing, committed the world's...

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