US and China agree historic HFC climate change deal

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Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping end summit with deal to cooperate on limiting the production and consumption of HFC gases

Bilateral talks between the US and China ended with an historic deal to tackle a group of powerful greenhouse gases blamed for causing climate change. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart...

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