Nevertheless the drive to achieve cuts even at the expense of standards has intensified.
It would be impossible to achieve cuts of 19 million tonnes per year in the capacity to produce rolled steels.
Carbon trading is a market mechanism to achieve cuts in emissions.
That happens often enough that the careful shopper can achieve significant cuts in a food budget by taking a bit more care.
How they achieve such huge cuts will be up to them.
Estimates suggest that these kinds of measures might allow some countries to achieve large cuts in net carbon dioxide emissions.
The Tories say they're committed to achieving dramatic cuts.
Maersk hopes to achieve similar cuts in the same time.
Even though Republicans achieved big cuts in total spending, the President persuaded them to pump $5 billion into a few high-profile programs popular with voters.
"The only way to achieves cuts of this magnitude is to eliminate programs."