Canadian Minister Visits China for Climate Talks Amid Diplomatic Tensions

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The Canadian environment minister was traveling Saturday to Beijing for talks on climate change and biodiversity, the first visit there by a Canadian minister in four years. Steve Guilbeault will take part in three days of talks starting Monday at the annual assembly of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). “Climate change and environmental issues know no borders," he said in a statement. “We cannot tackle these existential threats without engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and partners." Coming after years of strained bilateral ties — made worse by Canada’s 2018 arrest, at US...