FEATURE: EU may backpedal on elements of CBAM until global trade tensions ease

Published 10:49 on August 7, 2025 / Last updated at 11:11 on August 7, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Insights (Features), International (CBAM & Tariffs), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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The European Commission may delay some elements of its carbon border fee until global trade tensions ease, particularly as developing countries question the way that revenues will be spent and consider their own retaliatory instruments, experts say.
The European Commission may delay some elements of its carbon border fee until global trade tensions ease, particularly as developing countries question the way that revenues will be spent and consider their own retaliatory instruments, experts say.


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