China has banned its carriers from co-operating with the new EU tax. The move is certain to raise the tempo in this dispute. One can't help wondering if this was communicated to Chancellor Merkel during her recent visit to China.
The ball is in the EU's court on this; will they force the issue (resulting in suspensions of flights?) or back down. I predict the former, largely because the latter would be the intelligent move, given the EU's other, far more pressing problems.
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