EU may impose 17.6 billion yuan carbon tax on China by 2020

The EU is planning to introduce carbon emission scheme that will cost about 800 million yuan for China's airlines next year, according to China Air Transport Association. China's airlines are projected to spend about 17.6 billion yuan on the emission scheme by 2020. The US and Russia strongly opposed the carbon scheme citing infringement of sovereignty of the world's carriers; however, the European Court of Justice approved the tax as legal.