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EU defends carbon border levy as it sets out budget top-up plans

By Giulia Bedini ( December 22, 2021, 15:48 GMT | Insight) -- A planned EU carbon tax on polluting imports is in line with international trade rules, budget commissioner Johannes Hahn said today, while proposing that most of the revenues should flow into the EU budget in spite of concerns about trade tension. He also said the revenue plan should help make a proposed new Emissions Trading System for cars and buildings more politically palatable for national governments. A planned EU carbon tax on polluting imports is in line with international trade rules, the European Commission insisted today, while proposing that most of the revenues should flow into the EU budget in spite of concerns about trade tensions....

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