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China Turns Up Heat on Carbon

China's central government reiterated its opposition to carbon tariff policies and said they could provoke a trade war, ratcheting up the rhetoric as lawmakers in the U.S. consider legislation to reduce greenhouse gases. ...full story at WSJ

from WSJ on Fri, Jul 03 2009

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