Senior diplomat Sherman hopes U.S., China climate cooperation can continue at "difficult time"

Published 02/09/2023, 11:08 AM
Updated 02/09/2023, 01:27 PM
© Reuters. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman attends an event as part of the Bicentennial of the United States-Mexico diplomatic relations, at Universidad La Salle in Mexico City, Mexico November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Thursday she hoped that Washington and Beijing would be able to continue to work together on climate "at this difficult time."

© Reuters. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman listens to lawmaker’ statements during a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about at the government's policy towards China in “the era of strategic competition” at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades

She listed to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing areas of potential cooperation with China including fighting the illicit drugs trade, climate, global health and people-to-people exchanges.

(This story has been refiled to fix typo and reference to climate in lead)

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