Africa: U.S. Has No Respect for European Law

30 October 2011
opinion

Federal legislators in the United States can be excruciatingly overbearing. A law aimed at protecting US air carriers from European Union gas emissions control illustrates.

At issue is the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, or emissions cap-and-trade. Now in its second phase, it's been Operational in the EU member states since 2005. The phase ends next year, and the third in 2020.

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