‘Let’s work together’

The United States and China should meet by the end of 2009 to make a pact to curb global warming, a former White House adviser said last week. The two countries, while rivals in the trade market, are also the biggest polluters in the world, Reuters reported.

Kenneth Lieberthal, who was a National Security Council officer on Asia during the Clinton administration, made the announcement based on his recent study for the Brookings Institution, released in January, offering ways for both countries’ leaders to work together toward a common goal: controlling greenhouse gases.

In his report, Lieberthal calls for a meeting between President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao and for the two to generate ideas on a successor to the current Kyoto Protocol by the end of the year.