BRUSSELS ― EU leaders winged their way back from Beijing on Thursday, clutching a precious and rare win — a joint agreement with China to fight global warming.
This is a good thing since the rest of the summit was, quite frankly, a bust.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the climate statement a “big step forward … our cooperation can set a global benchmark.”
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But von der Leyen’s comments, which focused far more on the tensions that derailed wider talks on economic cooperation and trade, also highlighted the starkest threat to the goals laid down in the climate agreement.
