Sarkozy: Let's tax US goods if Trump trashes Paris deal (AGW)

TheLocal.fr ^ | 14 Nov 2016 13:36 GMT+01:00

[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. …

[Olog-hai]

Sarkophagus shows his true colors.

[SirLurkedalot]

Yep...another watermelon.

[rb22982]

Fine. We will return the favor....

[Army Air Corps]

Sorry, Nicky, we choose not to hobble our own economy with the hokey climate hustle.

[Cicero]

OK. Let’s tax French goods twice as much. And any other EU jerks who put a carbon tax on us.

[The Iceman Cometh]

Fine. I’ll switch to tater tots and never have another French fry ever.

[JoeRed]

The U.S. should impose an idiot tax on imports from countries that support carbon taxes.

[ConservativeMind]

The “environmental tax” is really more than 3%, so we come out ahead on the deal.

These idiots don’t understand the true AGW overhead on their economies.

[combat_boots]

Buy Dom now.

[Secret Agent Man]

we can call it the eu socialist goods tax.

[Olog-hai]

Good thing that French fries don’t really come from France anyhow.

[Billthedrill]

I’ll switch to tater tots and never have another French fry ever.

Me too. And French dressing is right out!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

We don’t need your stinkin’ vin and fromage, non?

[Signalman]

Isn’t this how the Depression started in 1929?

[Huskrrrr]

Le Ha Ha!

[Redwood71]

Leave it to the French to threaten the US with funds. It’s like taking a knife to a gun fight.

red

[Honorary Serb]

Marine Le Pen will beat him badly in the next election!!!!

[RetiredTexasVet]

Or Socialist Redistribution Tax.

[eyedigress]

Well Nic, if the UK doesn’t need you, what makes you think the USA does?