John Kerry actually said...

"What we are trying to achieve now is really to establish some stability if we can, in the relationship, without conceding anything."

"We do not trade any component of any of those other issues for what we are trying to do on the climate front."

"Because China, as the world's second largest economy, and as the world's largest emitter, is critical to our being able to solve this problem."

"That is exactly why President Biden has asked us to examine the countervailing efforts."