Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has ramped up pressure on parliament to pass his government’s carbon trading scheme this year after the Senate rejected the trading bill last week leaving plans for a cap-and-trade system by 2011 in limbo. Rudd used a major speech to the Australian Industry Group to warn of dire consequences for the economy, including facing “putative tariffs” and missed investment opportunties if Australia’s upper house continues to block the emissions trading scheme.
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机译：澳大利亚总理陆克文（Kevin Rudd）加大了对议会的压力，要求国会今年通过其政府的碳交易计划，此前参议院上周拒绝了该贸易法案，使到2011年实行总量控制和交易制度的计划陷入困境。陆克文在澳大利亚工业集团（Australian Industry Group）上发表重要讲话，警告其对经济的严重后果，包括面临“现行关税”和如果澳大利亚上议院继续阻止排放交易计划而错过投资机会。
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