联合国有关环境变化的巴厘谈判并没有达成实质性的协议。 在此之后，美国和欧洲的某些产业，特别是钢铁、水泥、玻璃、化工以及纸浆和造纸等行业忧心忡忡。
After the inconclusive end of the UN led Bali talks on the global environment, worry has grown among US and European industries – especially iron, steel, cement, glass, chemicals, and pulp and paper – that any new climate treaty would put them at a big disadvantage against their fast-growing competitors in China.