UK Trade Minister: tariffs threat could gain momentum if market doesn’t work
7 Apr 2008

Britain’s Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Digby Jones, has told business executives in Auckland that if the market has not got carbon priced right by 2012, the calls to impose border taxes on goods from countries not paying for emissions could gain momentum.
The Minister also outlined major product carbon labelling and technology initiatives, with a specific invitation to New Zealand firms to collabroate with UK counterparts. He also wants the UK to use New Zealand as a launching pad to Asia.
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