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

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Published: Feb 9, 2023, 16:23 GMT+00:00

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."

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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.”

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)

(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Chizu Nomiyama)

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