China mulls carbon tax to fend off US environmental levy on imports

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State think-tanks suggest government impose carbon tax scheme by 2013

China is mulling a carbon tax that would help the nation ward off similar levies on exports of its products by other nations. A group of state-backed think-tanks have proposed that the nation impose...

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