Wealth != production, however. As a wealthy country, you are right to argue that we should be more efficient, but some types of “production” just inherently produce a lot of CO2. A country with no heavy industry will probably have a lower per capita carbon footprint than a country with a large steel industry, but the former country couldn’t necessarily produce that steel with any less carbon, and the atmosphere doesn’t really care where the initial source is, only the absolute numbers involved.
Very few manufactured goods directly require much in the way of emissions. Currently companies simply trading off external costs for free, but their are generally many viable alternatives should such emissions be fined.
