Brussels, 20/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and Swiss system soon to be linked. On Monday, the Council gave the European Commission a mandate to open negotiations with the Swiss Confederation at the start of 2011. These negotiations are likely to be relatively swift, the Council says. For a link to the Swiss ETS to be concluded, both the European Parliament and the Council must approve it. The EU trading scheme has already been extended to Norway, Liechtenstein...