Business Spectator: Chinas expert community expects that the country will have a national emissions trading scheme and possibly a carbon tax by the end of the decade, and that the pilot schemes will all go ahead in the near future.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt recently said the Chinese and the Americans who are the central part of any agreement both have a very strong view. The most heartening development in the past two years has been China's growing commitment to action from its paramount leadership.
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