Chinese airlines, which have been told by Beijing not to comply with the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, refused to meet a March 31 deadline for submitting carbon emissions data.Actually, they might like it, given the negative social mood.
A new stand-off looms after EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said the carriers would have until the end of this week to submit their data or face enforcement action.
"Chinese airlines are unanimous on this. We won't provide the data," Wei Zhenzhong, secretary general of the China Air Transport Association, said on the sidelines of an International Air Transport Association (IATA) meeting in Beijing.
EU member states can fine airlines for non-compliance or carry out other reprisals including impounding aircraft.
"We would not like to see a situation of 'you hold up my planes and I hold yours'," Wei said.
王毅访新西兰、澳大利亚 双边关系现稳定进展
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中国外交最高级别官员王毅18日访问了新西兰,进行新西兰新保守派政府上台以来的首次访问。他还将于20日访问澳大利 […]...
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