07-09-2020 14:00
Webinar on Trade-related aspects of carbon border adjustment mechanisms

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A webinar on Trade-related aspects of carbon border adjustment mechanisms took place on 7 September 2020. INTA Chair Bernd Lange, rapporteur Karin Karlsbro and other Members, as well as outside attendees, heard presentations by four experts analysing different aspects of the upcoming Commission proposal. The four topics covered were: possible carbon adjustment policies, economic assessments of carbon leakage and carbon border adjustment, a legal assessment of planned measures and political assessment of the potential reactions of trading partners.