Posted on 11/14/2016 5:52:46 PM PST by Olog-hai
French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed that Europe apply a carbon tax on American imports if Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the Paris climate pact.
More than 100 countries have ratified the Paris global emissions deal, which was inked in December after marathon talks to cap greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
“Donald Trump has said — we’ll see if he keeps this promise — that he won’t respect the conclusions of the Paris climate agreement,” Sarkozy said late Sunday on the TF1 television channel.
“Well, I will demand that Europe put in place a carbon tax at its border, a tax of 1-3 percent, for all products coming from the United States, if the United States doesn’t apply environmental rules that we are imposing on our companies,” he added. …
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Trade war? OK....no more Audis...no more French wine...no more Italian handbags...no more Airbus...
Idiot. Punish his own citizens for his stupidity. Hey, moron, I’ll go along if you can answer two questions to my satisfaction: What is the “correct” temperature of the earth? Why is that temperature more correct than during the Medieval Warming Period or the Little Ice Age?
Tax all french goods 300%. If they complain about that...1000000%.
Sarkozy..... Better check with Ms. Marine Le Pen.... and she if your commentary is okay with her. .... Just a thought.
Cubed Red Skins.
Imma gonna have to beat my French maid now.
No more French kisses for HER.
And the ####’n frogs can just kiss my a$$.
(pardon my French)
Bring it on french fry
screw them!! no paris deal fu!
Hey Nicolas, I got an idea. Let France and the U.S. be allies again. What do you think?
I’m sure Marie Le Pen would agree.
5.56mm
Does this mean that when France loses all its grapevines they do not want Washington grapevines to bail them out the last time they had a blight?
Couldn’t we basically destroy their wine, cheese and champagne industry by tariffing it to death?
I’m not tired of winning yet Donald!! Keep going!
Ooooohhh France is threatening ussssss. We’re soooooo scaaaaaaaaared..
This will be a minuscule fraction of the impact we would suffer economically from implementing the climate scam. Go ahead Frenchie we don’t care.
Working folks will be fine, let unemployed libitards starve. They will be lining up at Christian food pantries and soup kitchens then
The fail is strong in this one.
I think he's talking EU taxes,not just French.
Probably not, there were a number of factors in play.
La Pen and a phone....pretty cool!
Tax them too...equal opportunity.
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