AVIATION
EU airline carbon tax 'could trigger trade war'
- Published: 22/02/2012 at 02:37 AM
- Newspaper section: Business
The head of the world's airline body is warning the escalating row over the EU's tax on aviation carbon emissions could lead to a trade war.
"If other countries believe the EU will not negotiate in a constructive way, they will have no choice but to take measures to force the EU to talk and that's how a trade war starts," said Tony Tyler, director-general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
China ordered its airlines not to join the EU's Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) earlier this month.
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