However, EU leaders were pleased that the US acknowledged human activity was a major cause.
Economics rather than the environment or politics was the focus of the summit, says the BBC's Europe correspondent, Jonny Dymond, from Washington.
The two sides agreed to set up an "economic council" to push ahead with regulatory convergence in nearly 40 areas, including intellectual property, financial services, business takeovers and the motor industry.
"Without the US there can't be any success in coping with a globalised world"
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just a decade.
This agreement is certainly not of benefit to global warming. There should be a
push for more close to home manufacturing and trade, not global movement of
goods. The economy will trump the environment every time until we all revolt
against consumption.
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"The most sustainable product is the one you never bought in the first place."
Alex Steffan