Importers pay China for carbon?

[UPSNewbie]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947438.stm

China has proposed that importers of Chinese-made goods should be responsible for the carbon dioxide emitted during their manufacture.

China's top climate change negotiator, Li Gao, said his country should not pay for cutting emissions caused by the high demands of other countries

Read the article. Discuss. I can't really make up my mind on this one...

 

[chev]

The Chinese must be smoking crack. They benefit from the proucts they manufacture, so they are responsible for the carbon.

 

[Babagounj]

Who has the most polluted cities today ? China
Who built these cities ? China
Who benefits from the goods produced there ? China
Who has most of the world's money ? China
Who has bought most of USA's debt ? China