Developed countries are pushing International Maritime Organization to achieve levels of ambition as unrealistic as reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships. This would have been highlighted by China in a diplomatic note sent to developing nations participating in the current meeting in London of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the IMO, which on the agenda sees precisely the update the strategy to reduce emissions from maritime transport. In the diplomatic note, the contents of which were made known from the British newspaper "Financial Times", China would show that an overly ambitious objective, such as that supported by developed nations, would be an obstacle the sustainable development of international maritime transport, and would significantly increase supply chain costs hindering the recovery of the world economy.