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China opposed to tariff plan in US climate bill

Washington Post: China said Thursday it opposed part of a landmark U.S. bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying tariffs should not be imposed on countries that do not cut emissions. "We are firmly against such attempts to advance trade protectionism under the pretext of climate change," Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told reporters in Beijing. The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global ...

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