The assumption used when you move the pollution to the end user is that environmental regulations does not exist. An product produced through coal power with li

The assumption used when you move the pollution to the end user is that environmental regulations does not exist. An product produced through coal power with little regard to the environment is assumed to be cause the same emission if produced where the end user is. In order to calculate the actually virtual emission value of the consumer, one would first have to convert the FizzWhizz Mk 3 to the emission values as if a real factory in your location produced it. If we assume that people will always export the manufacturing to the country with the worst environmental standards, having any environmental standards above the worst is pointless and have no impact on the environment. It also give little incentives for countries with a lot of high export to reduce emissions. One could try to adjust this with tariffs that reflect the environmental costs the manufacturing country, but right now that is not a very popular concept.