OPINION

EU carbon tax hurts poorer states

News, Miriam González Durántez & Calli Obern, Published on 27/06/2022

» In July 2021, the European Commission did something that no other major governing body had ever attempted: It tied trade policy to climate policy. Reaching the European Union's goal of cutting net greenhouse-gas emissions by 55% by 2030 will require the EU to reduce emissions both at home and beyond its borders.