Taken together, the subsidies allow businesses to save up to 60 percent of their pollution costs. At least one economist feels that subsidizing companies to engage in pollution control with the taxpayer's money not only violates the polluter pays principle but allows companies to promote exports by pricing their products below their true costs, resulting in taxpayers indirectly subsidizing foreign Consumers.
一位經濟學者以為，以納稅人的錢來補貼廠商從事汙染防治，違反了汙染者付費的公平原則；而且業者因為可節省不少錢，產品價格並未反應真正成本，價錢可以訂低，使外銷訂單不致減少，表面看來具有競爭力，實際上是以全體納稅人的錢在補貼外國消費者。