China blocks Airbus orders in ETS protest

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China blocks Airbus orders in ETS protest

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Recently, more discussions have been started regarding the Emissions Trading Scheme.

The following story, puts this discussion in some perspective:

China is blocking airlines from placing Airbus aircraft orders in retaliation against the new European aviation carbon tax, the head of Airbus parent EADS said Thursday.

EADS CEO Louis Gallois said the Chinese government was barring Chinese carriers from completing orders for long-haul aircraft, according to a BBC report.
Gallois was speaking at a press conference to announce company’s full-year financial results


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Re: China blocks Airbus orders in ETS protest

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Russia is threatening to ban EU registered flights from Siberian airspace.

Time for the faceless beaurocrats in Brussels to drop the loony tax..............
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