EU risks new trans-Atlantic trade fight by including airlines in emissions program says US
The European Union risks a trade fight if it continues with plans to force all airlines flying into European airspace to abide by new carbon dioxide caps, Washington's envoy to the EU said Tuesday. The 27-nation union's attempt to include commercial airlines in its Kyoto pollution cap-and-trade program has been opposed by the airlines and by the United States, China, and other countries. "We don't think Europe has the authority to do it," C. Boyden Gray, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, told reporters.
Note EU-Digestt: the EU has all the rights to do so, and does not acquire approval from the US. Europe is also following all the US rules in reference to US airspace, including providing US authorities detailed personal information about Europeans entering the US, which is against European Privacy Laws.
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