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Tue 02 Feb 2007US diplomat attacks EU's 'goofy' emissions policyWashington's top diplomat in Europe has launched a scathing attack on the EU's flagship climate change policy, describing its emissions trading system as "goofy".Boyden Gray, the US ambassador to the EU, also warned that the US would not be able to participate in a post-Kyoto Protocol international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless India and China agreed to participate.