The director of China’s Department of Climate Change yesterday said the countries that buy China’s products should be responsible for the greenhouse gases emitted from producing those goods.
Speaking at a forum sponsored by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Gao Li said this demand is key to negotiating a fair system for reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases.
Li said 15% to 25% of China’s rapidly growing emissions are the result of products shipped abroad.
China is the top supplier of goods to the U.S.
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There is something incredibly strange about that statement. China produces goods for export using smelly old technology and then they put a carbon tax on it for the consumer to pay.