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German report questions EU assumptions on carbon leakage risk as global climate policies converge

Published 05:27 on July 27, 2026 / Last updated at 13:47 on July 23, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), International (CBAM & Tariffs, UN Climate Talks), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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The European Union should fundamentally rethink how it assesses carbon leakage risks, concluding that climate policies among many of the bloc's major trading partners have become substantially more ambitious since the Paris Agreement and that existing assumptions increasingly fail to reflect global reality, according to a new report.
The European Union should fundamentally rethink how it assesses carbon leakage risks, concluding that climate policies among many of the bloc's major trading partners have become substantially more ambitious since the Paris Agreement and that existing assumptions increasingly fail to reflect global reality, according to a new report.


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