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EU “climate tariff” CBAM increasingly under fire

Writing for EU Observer, Frances Li rails against the EU’s new carbon tariff carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). She notes: “The EU prides itself in its progressive values, including its commitment to sustainable development. However, its incoming deforestation regulation and carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) disproportionately burden developing countries–and within them, smaller and medium sized […]

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Emerging economies to challenge EU climate levy at WTO

Indo-Pacific / ENM

India, South Africa, Taiwan and several other emerging economies are looking at challenging the EU’s “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism” (CBAM) at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal had previously warned that India will take “retaliatory measures” against what he considers to be unfair customs tariffs. According to estimates, these would hit

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“The security of Europe and that of the Indo-Pacific region can no longer be discussed separately”

Indo-Pacific / ENM

Writing in Politico, Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi comments: “The security of Europe and that of the Indo-Pacific region can no longer be discussed separately — that was my main message when I attended the NATO ministerial meeting last year for the first time as Japanese foreign minister.” He notes that in “the Indo-Pacific, unilateral

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EU turns the focus on upcoming elections in Bangladesh

Indo-Pacific / ENM

This month, ambassadors of seven European Union member states have been meeting with the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Huq of Bangladesh in its capital, Dhaka, to discuss the upcoming elections in the country, which will be held in January 2024. This follows a high-profile meeting at the G20 summit in India

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EU policy makers call for closer EU trade ties with India

India / ENM

According to The Print, France’s ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain, has urged the EU to engage in closer trade with India. He stated at a business meeting: “We don’t want to solely depend on China for manufacturing products. So, there is strong support from the government to bring some production back to the EU, and

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European Neighbourhood Monitor

EU “climate tariff” CBAM increasingly under fire

Emerging economies to challenge EU climate levy at WTO

“The security of Europe and that of the Indo-Pacific region can no longer be discussed separately”

EU turns the focus on upcoming elections in Bangladesh

EU policy makers call for closer EU trade ties with India

EU and India launch Trade and Technology Council