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Are we heading for a trade war?

ISTANBUL — The European Union, heading for a trade war over a new toll on the greenhouse gas emissions of international airlines using European airspace, has been warned that the measure could wreck the prospects for global action on climate change.

Now, with a weak currency, the country is heading for a trade surplus of $7 billion this year; similarly, Brazil's trade with the United States has moved from deficits to a likely surplus of around $3.5 billion this year.

"The European Union, heading for a trade war over a new toll on the greenhouse gas emissions of international airlines using European airspace, has been warned that the measure could wreck the prospects for global action on climate change," Harvey Morris writes in the International Herald Tribune's Rendezvous blog.

He is now heading for a clash with trade unions, as well as some of his shadow cabinet, over his opposition to Trident.

The trade surplus is heading for a record $40 billion this year, which makes foreign debt more manageable and helps shield the economy from financial panics.

In perhaps the most offensive PR campaign since the conservation charity WWF decided to highlight the death toll of the Asian Tsunami by showing scores of jets heading for the World Trade Centre, a company has dreamt up a "woman-proof car".

Some participants were inspired to sharpen random marks on the subject's cheek and forehead — the edifice for the brain that hatched the plot — into tiny dartlike shapes that evoke the planes heading for the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Jonathan Weisgall, a lobbyist for the MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and the head of a trade association for the geothermal industry, said that one company had spent 21 years going through the process and that at the end the government rejected its application.

On the trade front, the Jets apparently have fallen out of the running for Washington cornerback Champ Bailey -- now seemingly headed for Denver in a trade for running back Clinton Portis -- and have not yet indicated if they are interested in trading for San Francisco receiver Terrell Owens.

There is a rush to do just that, especially since CERs are changing hands for €7 or €8 and European allowances are heading for €30.Europe's carbon-trading markets have a touch of the Wild West about them.