Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen is hoping Washington and Beijing can “ring-fence” climate change issues after talks were shuttered by the Chinese Communist Party in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to Taiwan.
Beijing announced its “countermeasures” in response to Pelosi’s high-profile visit on Aug. 5 and suspended talks on eight different areas, including climate change, military cooperation, and counter-narcotics.
