"I would commend the flexibility we saw from the Government of the United States in allowing this consensus draft to go forward at Bali." Mr Rudd said yesterday.
"Informally, I had discussions with the American delegation myself in Bali and I do not know, is the honest answer, what the US negotiating position will be during the course of this year."
A new global climate negotiation was achieved over the weekend at negotiations in Bali when the US delegation dramatically backed down after holding out on terms proposed by developing countries.
Subsequently the White House issued a statement saying the negotiations would need to differentiate between the responsibilities of fast growing major developing economies like China and India and the rest of the developing world.
On Sunday following the announcement of the successful deal negotiated in Bali Mr Rudd made a point of recognizing the role played by both developing countries and the US in delivering the historic deal.
"I believe the world community has taken a positive step forward here, developed countries and developing countries and there has been movement on the part of our friends in the United States as well, which needs to be recognized," he said then.
"I hope to spend as much time as possible with the Chinese leadership acting on that and with the objective of achieving a greater agreement and greater consensus with our friends in China on future courses of action for them."
One of the first key meetings in the two year road to "implementation-land" will be a second meeting of major emitting countries in Hawaii convened by President George W Bush at the end of January.