Afternoon Must-Read: Daniel Drezner: Best APEC Summit Ever
…stuff got done. Seriously, a LOT of stuff got done. For the United States, the centerpiece was three bilateral deals reached with China…. New targets for carbon emissions reductions by the United States and a first-ever commitment by China to stop its emissions from growing by 2030…. Mr. Obama and Mr. Xi also agreed to a military accord designed to avert clashes between Chinese and American planes and warships… as well as an understanding to cut tariffs for technology products. Those latter two agreements would be big deals in their own right…. The climate change agreement is even bigger, however, as it lays the groundwork for a global deal to be negotiated in Paris in 2015…