China has banned its carriers from co-operating with the new EU tax.
Not quite. China banned its carriers from
paying for emission credits. Guess what? Credits for the first year are free and all Chinese airlines have already applied for theirs!
"Governments opposed to the EU climate levy on international aviation have agreed a limited package of counter-measures during a meeting in Moscow."
Limited because they couldn't agree on stronger sanction, the US said not worth a trade war. The EU opponents want this solved at the ICAO, what the EU asked for all along.
Me thinks lots of noise and quiet negotiations will solve this.