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Transcript: U.S.-CHINA COOPERATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE:ELIZABETH ECONOMY
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- Congressional Testimony
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- June 4, 2009
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Congressional Testimony
06-04-2009
Statement of Elizabeth Economy C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director, Asia
Studies Council on Foreign Relations Committee on Senate Foreign Relations
June 4, 2009 Chairman Kerry and distinguished Members of the Committee,
I am delighted to have the opportunity to discuss China`s efforts to address
climate change and the prospects for U.S.-China cooperation on this critical
issue. I. Introduction China`s climate policy is driven by the belief,
widely shared within the government elite, that a lower carbon economy
will be good for economic modernization, that there is money to be made
through the development and sale of climate-related technologies, and that
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