And as camouflage for her boss in Paris, Rudd has claimed credit for a phase-out of coal that her predecessors had already made inevitable.
This experience led to a phasing-out of the tax and eventually to its repeal in 1991.
But in fact, Cruz was simply soft-pedaling his call for a phase-out of the mandate, and at least one reporter then corrected himself.
But the EU's imports of Chinese textiles and clothing almost doubled between 2001 and 2003, partly as a result of a phase-out of quotas that began ten years ago.
On domestic policy, Mr. McCain projected that in the fifth year of a McCain presidency the United States would have experienced several years of "robust economic growth," a reduction in the corporate tax rate, the beginning of a phase-out of the alternative minimum tax, and "much improved" public education.
There's also the possibility of a phase-out of the personal exemption, a limitation on itemized deductions and a tax hike on dividends.
Because of the higher cap and lack of a phase-out threshold for higher-income earners, the payroll tax cut would increase disposable income for almost all tax filers.
Closing the Delaware loophole, combined with eliminating Governor Corbett's handouts to outside corporations in the form of a phase-out of the Capital Stock and Franchise Tax -- estimated to add $350 million to state coffers alone -- would bring hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars back into the Pennsylvania.
A "phasing out" of the current programme, announced by the government, could take many years, he added.
The details of the law dictated a phase-out of the manufacture of certain bulbs in their current incarnation, starting with 100-watt bulbs next January.
