Outsourcing Emissions

This article talks about a report showing That countries such as UK, US and China import a significant amount of their products, meaning that they outsource the manufacturing of the products to less developed countries where manufacturing prices are much lower.

For example the products imported by the UK are equivalent to 4.3 extra tones per person on top of the official per capita emissions of 9.7. Also countries such as Switzerland outsource more carbon emissions than they release in their country.

Shouldn't each country be responsible for the carbon emissions they generate regardless of the of the location?

In my opinion, the argument in favor of a more global policy where final consumers elsewhere will account responsible for a portion of the emissions is the one that makes more sense.

http://www.climatebiz.com/news/2010/03/09/outsourcing-emissions-hides-countries-true-carbon-footprints