Air industry raises warnings over EU emissions charge

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Series Details 13.2.12
Publication Date 13/02/2012
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EurActiv reported that Airbus joined a chorus of concern in February 2012 that a European scheme to charge airlines for carbon emissions risked triggering a full-blown trade war, with implications for aircraft deals and even Europe's crippling sovereign debt crisis.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/transport/air-industry-blasts-eus-aviation-emissions-charge-news-510750
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BBC News, 13.2.12: EU 'risks trade war' over carbon trading scheme http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17008172
ESO: Background information: Aviation and climate change http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-aviation-and-climate-change/
ESO: Background information: Europe flies into clean air turbulence / Europe holds China to carbon tax payments / China creates turbulence over EU aviation levies http://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-flies-into-clean-air-turbulence-europe-holds-china-to-carbon-tax-payments-china-creates-turbulence-over-eu-aviation-levies/
EurActiv, 23.3.12: Boeing, Airbus team up on EU carbon charge, biofuels http://www.euractiv.com/transport/boeing-airbus-team-eu-carbon-cha-news-511729
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