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Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discusses his recent trip to China, where officials refuse to risk slowing economic growth by setting mandatory emission cuts. Locke says sharing clean technology with China and including emissions standards in trade agreemen
Among the developing countries reluctant to reduce greenhouse gas emission before developed countries make progress, China is the economic powerhouse. U.S. labor and industry groups worry capping emissions at home while China goes about its business as usual will put the United States at a competitive disadvantage. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke just returned from China. He tells host Jeff Young when it comes to climate change and trade with China, there are just as many opportunities as there are challenges.