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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Climate change, energy, closer trade ties and North Korea's nuclear weapon's program will be high on the agenda at talks starting Monday among European Union and Asian foreign ministers.
The two-day talks come just before a Group of Eight summit in Germany and offers the meeting's host, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, an opportunity to push China, India and other Asian nations to commit to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
At a meeting last year in Helsinki, Finland, European and Asian leaders promised to set new carbon reduction goals that go beyond those set for 2012 under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. However, they have set no firm targets, facing resistance from China and India.
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