Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals

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Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals
By CHARLES HUTZLER
Associated Press Writer
Nov 17, 6:57 AM EST

BEIJING (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill.

After two hours of talks and a separate meeting over dinner the night before, the presidents spoke of moving beyond the divisiveness over human rights, trade and military tensions that have bedeviled relations in past decades.

"The major challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to economic recovery, are challenges that touch both our nations, and challenges that neither of our nations can solve by acting alone," Obama said, standing with the Chinese leader in the Great Hall of the People.

Hu, who heads a collective leadership that often has preferred to go it alone internationally, said: "There are growing global challenges, and countries in today's world have become more and more interdependent. "

With each of those big issues - from global warming to the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs - persistent differences bubbled up in the form of indirect barbs during the joint appearance.


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