Entering the negotiations, the United States and China had divergent objectives.

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In fact, China and Russia have both declared objectives to set up lunar bases over the next ten to twenty years.

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And its members are subject to a host of governments with often contradictory energy policy objectives, including the U.S., Russia, the EU and China.

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