Statement on Global Warming Treaty Robert R. Miller, President, Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
11 December 1997
Statement on Global Warming Treaty Robert R. Miller, President, Motor & Equipment Manufacturers AssociationWASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The following is a statement on Global Warming Treaty by Robert R. Miller, President, Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association: "The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) and its members recognize, and are responding proactively to, the many serious environmental challenges which our industry and society as a whole face on local, national, and international levels. For this reason, we have closely monitored the United Nations negotiations on global climate change in Kyoto, Japan during the past week. "MEMA is greatly disappointed that the Administration was unable to obtain a commitment from major emerging economies to participate in this proposed treaty. We believe the agreement, if ratified and implemented, could seriously harm economic prospects in the United States and in the motor vehicle and equipment industry in particular. "MEMA will carefully review the details of the complete agreement once they become public. We also will participate actively next year in what we anticipate will be a very critical congressional review of its provisions and their implications for key U.S. industries and jobs." SOURCE Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association