CASE MOTE Trade War in the Skies

摘要

Since 1 January 2012, all aircraft arriving or departing from an airport in the European Union have had to participate in the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS). This has caused considerable uproar throughout the world. Preceding recent discussions was the European Court of Justice's judgment concerning the ETS, which held that the system is compatible with the Chicago Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, the US-EU Open Skies Agreement, as well as customary international law. Since then, opposing states have tightened their economic threats against the EU to pressure it into abolishing the system.