China's top climate negotiator said on Tuesday a broad deal on carbon markets was possible at the U.N. COP26 climate talks despite the tensions between Beijing and Washington.
French President Emmanuel Macron emphasised the importance of China and the U.S. patching up relations, which were strained under Trump by issues including trade disputes and China's human rights record.
Beijing has rejected Washington's efforts to separate climate from wider conflicts between the two sides, with senior diplomat Wang Yi telling U.S. climate envoy John Kerry in September that there was still a "desert" threatening the "oasis" of climate cooperation. The Global Times, part of the Communist Party-run People's Daily stable of newspapers, said in an editorial on Monday that the United States should not expect to be able to influence Beijing on climate, while attacking it on human rights and other issues.
China said Tuesday that Xi sent the statement after not being given the chance to make a video address to the delegates.
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