EU levy on imports from non-Kyoto countries

[Karlin]

this in news from CNBC -

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a national "carbon tax" on global-warming pollutants and a European levy on imports from countries which have refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions.

Addressing European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso, who was in the audience, Sarkozy urged Europe to "examine the option of taxing products imported from countries that do not respect the Kyoto Protocol." As Europe is setting tough standards on its producers for the benefit of the global climate, it is unfair for their competitors to be exempted, he argued.

Now that our PM Harper has shown his "can't do" attitude towards Kyoto, I guess this will include Canada.

Karlin

link to story at CNBC [it was also on Yahoo news] -

http://www.cnbc.com/id/21484265/for/cnbc

 

[YoungJoonKim]

Aftermath of Oil "shock," Europe will be better off than North America, period.

 

[Extrafire]

Europe doesn't respect the Kyoto protocol either. They're not going to meet their targets. Kind of hypocritical of them

 

[mrmom2]

Looks like a good way to stop globalization :lol:Trade levys for every nation