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WTO Next Stop for ETS Dispute? 9

By Geoffrey Thomas | January 10, 2012

Trade experts are warning that regardless of the legal merits of last month’s ruling to include aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), a trade war looms between the rest of the world and Europe.

ETS Charges Start

By Geoffrey Thomas | January 10, 2012

Lufthansa has announced that it will include the full cost of the EU ETS in its fuel surcharge from Jan. 1, while warning that European-based airlines are now at a disadvantage.

The airline estimates that the ETS will cost €130 million ($167.3 million) in 2012, and while there will be no immediate increase; the next fuel surcharge review will take into account that additional cost.

China Rethinks ETS Strategy 2

By Katie Cantle and Geoffrey Thomas | January 10, 2012

The China Air Transport Assn. (CATA) is reworking its lawsuit strategy against the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in the wake of the Dec. 21 Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruling.

 “We won’t change our clear-cut stance of opposing the EU ETS, although we have to adjust our lawsuit strategy owing to CJEU dismissal of the Airlines for America’s argument,” CATA deputy DG Chai Haibo said.

Europe Isolated

By Cathy Buyck | January 10, 2012

The EU has been further isolated from the world by last month’s ruling to include aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) according to Airlines for America (A4A). “This further isolates the EU from the rest of the world and will keep in place a unilateral scheme that is counterproductive to concerted global action on aviation and climate change,” A4A said in an initial reaction.

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