Beijing, China (AHN) – Less than a week after the European Union extended the Emissions Trading System (ETS) for another year to cut carbon emissions from power stations and industrial plants, Chinese airlines on Thursday said it would not pay any charges to the bloc.
The ETS was launched in 2005 and extended on Jan. 1. The carbon emissions charges force airlines to buy pollution permits to fly in Europe – a scheme strongly opposed by airlines in the U.S. and China.
“China, of course, will not cooperate with the EU on the ETS,” said Chai Haibo, deputy secretary general of the China Air Transport Association (CATA). “The CATA, on behalf of Chinese airlines, is strongly against the EU’s improper practice of unilaterally forcing international airlines into its ETS,” Chai said.
He added that his government is also mulling launching “counter-measures” against the bloc.
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