Paris, France, Dec 29, 2025 (AFP) - Europe wanted its carbon border tax to go global -- is it working?

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The EU's carbon border tax was designed to do more than clean up its own economy: it hoped to encourage trading partners to put a price on pollution as well. As the levy system becomes fully operational on January 1, countries exporting emissions-intensive goods to the European Union face a choice: pay at the border, or adopt their own carbon rules at home. The policy is already helping reshape climate policies far beyond the European Union, ex......

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