EU Aviation Levy Carbon Tax &Nbsp; China Once Again Slow Down 10 Airbus Aircraft

As early as March 8th, Luis Galova, chief executive of the European Aerospace Defense Group (EADS), the Airbus parent company, said that China had shelved an Airbus order worth $12 billion, including 35 A330 aircraft and 10 A380 airliners. According to Lu, A380 is a confirmed order, which can not be cancelled unless the deposit is waived, while the A330 order is only an intentional order, which is still under negotiation or has not been approved by the government.

After that, 9 European airlines, including Airbus and Lufthansa, jointly sent letters to EU leaders to warn the aviation industry of Europe that the EU aviation industry is facing real retaliatory measures.

　　 eads It is a major source of French export earnings. It is worth noting that, in the wake of China's suspension of Airbus orders, its competitor Boeing or become a winner. Boeing, chief executive of Boeing civil aircraft group, announced in March 14th that Boeing had obtained 30 Boeing B777 orders from several Chinese customers, according to the Seattle times. He said these orders were prompted by his visit to China last week. During the visit, he was not only meeting with the leaders of several airlines in China, but also signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing, China's Commercial Aircraft Corp of China manufacturer (COMAC).

Boeing spokesman further explained that the order has not yet been finalized, including 10 B777-300ER orders previously announced by China Southern Airlines. The book value of the 30 777 orders is nearly $9 billion, but according to Avitas, the discount price is less than $5 billion.

Chinese companies need to buy three passes.

In addition, although Galova has made clear that China has suspended orders, the Chinese government has not responded positively. Li Jiaxiang, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said in March 5th that there was no such step. The Wall Street Journal quoted a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Administration as saying that the government respects the opinions of major airlines on the issue of aircraft orders.

One person Civil Aviation Insiders told reporters that airlines purchase aircraft approval must pass three passes, after the airline put forward the purchase application, submit it to the Regional Administration Bureau of the civil aviation authority separately, and sign it all together, then submit it to the civil aviation bureau's division, and then submit it to the national development and Reform Commission for approval. "Even if the airline has signed a contract with the manufacturer, it will not be able to get the approval from the NDRC." The source said.

On the European Union's aviation carbon tax, at the end of February, 29 countries that opposed the aviation carbon tax including China, the United States and Russia gathered in Moscow to discuss countermeasures, and put forward a package of counteracting measures for countries to choose, but the EU did not respond.

stay European Union As opposed to the stalemate against the opposition, it is not an easy task to focus on the negotiations of the International Civil Aviation Organization of the United Nations (micro-blog). The role of developing countries in the global carbon emissions system has always been controversial, and the EU fears that the previous efforts will be wasted if the carbon trading system is suspended.

The European Parliament voted on the 15 day to support all airlines in the carbon emissions trading system. Although the vote is not legally effective, it means that the European Parliament is pressing the relevant legislature to encourage national resistance against carbon taxes.

Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce of China, said at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Commerce 15, that the EU will unilaterally incorporate international aviation into the emissions trading system, which will cause distortions in the international aviation market and further affect the development of international trade. "China hopes that the EU can start from the overall situation and abandon unilateral actions, so as to avoid the friction of international trade and affect the development of international trade."

To observe the carbon tax levy will trigger the escalation of counter measures in various countries.

A few days ago, China postpone the order of 10 Airbus A330 wide body aircraft again. The analysis thinks that if the EU does not revoke the wrong decision to impose carbon tax, all counter measures will be upgraded.

Zou Jianjun, director of the air spanport service Research Institute of CAAC, said this highlights China's dissatisfaction with the EU's carbon trading system. "China can not accept the EU unilaterally, we will have many corresponding means to negotiate and protest, perhaps shelving is also one of the means of negotiation."

In fact, in addition to China, at least 35 countries, such as the United States and Canada, also strongly oppose the EU carbon tax. According to Zou Jianjun analysis, if the EU does not revoke the wrong decision, the counter measures of all countries will be likely to escalate.

Zou Jianjun said, sanctions will slowly come to navigation, and even to the traditional field, because we all need to borrow this bargaining, if the EU does not have any signs of loosening, it is estimated that trade retaliation and means should be adopted between each other, and the conflict of trade will become more and more intense.