The New York Times tonight has an inside scoop on last minute wheeling and dealing at Copenhagen. Seems as though Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tried to pull a fast one by usurping a scheduled meeting between himself, President Obama, Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia of Brazil and Manmohan Singh, Prime Minster of India. The five leaders represented the five key players at the talks, and the path towards an agreement was reportedly being hampered by Chinese foot-dragging.
Obama officials were horrified to discover that President Wen started the meeting early, without tipping off Obama. The President was rushed to the meeting room, where Obama, and Hillary Clinton stormed into the room.
What happened after that is anyone's guess, but Obama was not particularly pleased with Mr. Wen. Oh, to have been there.
Canada? Who knows? One might assume that the delegation had already packed up and waiting for a plane to head back home.
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