US-China trade war spills into Green Climate Fund

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Global green fund gets back on track with $1bn splurge, but US vetoed a project that would have loaned $100m to China

The first Chinese bid for finance from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was deferred on Saturday, after the US board member blocked it. In a sign of US-China tensions spilling into the climate finance...

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