US President Barack Obama's administration has tried to create the illusion of a change of course in this regard, pushing “soft" deals that allow the US to participate without submitting to binding rules. Such was the case with the much-lauded “handshake agreement" between Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on carbon-dioxide emissions in November.
美国总统奥巴马政府试图营造一种状况正在改变的幻觉，推出了一些“软”协议让美国可以在不必遵守约束性规则的情况下参与。大受赞扬的奥巴马与中国国家主席习近平在11月所达成二氧化碳排放“握手协议”便是如此。