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Carbon border levy unveiled today complies with global trade rules, EU Commission says

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 14 Jul 2021 09:09
  • 14 Jul 2021 09:30
The EU’s new carbon border levy is fully compatible with global trading rules as it respects the non-discrimination principle between foreign and domestic products, the European Commission said today as it unveiled its proposal.

The temporary coexistence of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or CBAM, and the free Emissions Tradin

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Joanna Sopinska

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Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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