US to host meeting of opponents of EU airline law

摘要

The US government will host a meeting on 31 July of about a dozen countries that oppose an EU law that forces all foreign airlines to pay for greenhouse gas emissions, piling further pressure on the EU to back down and the international community to find a global solution. A State Department official confirmed that it will host the two-day meeting in Washington DC with the Department of Transportation, at which countries will discuss ways they can fight back against the EU's requirement that foreign all airlines using EU airports to participate in its emissions trading scheme.