The scene is set for a US-China deal

President Barack Obama's journey to Beijing this November will be the perfect occasion for a bilateral agreement on climate change
This November, just one month before the crucial UN conference in Copenhagen, the US and China are likely to strike a deal on climate change.
“I’d place higher odds on the ability of the United States and China to reach an agreement than I would on us passing legislation or on having Copenhagen agreed,” US Senator Maria Cantwell says according to Reuters. She is currently in Beijing to discuss clean energy and intellectual property issues.
According to Maria Cantwell, President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Beijing this November will be the ideal setting for signing a bilateral deal:
“If you are producing 40 percent of emissions – which is what China and the United States are together – what a legacy, and what a great relationship you could create by saying that’s what these two great countries stepped up to do.”