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CBAM: Proposal for a regulation on carbon border adjustment mechanism. The next CBAM
The proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism published on 26 febbruary 2025. Among others roots, this proposal is based on ‘The Future of European Competitiveness’,where Mario Draghi emphasised the need for Europe to create a regulatory landscape which facilitates competitiveness and resilience. It is interesting, in a preliminary way, saying that CBAM is an environmental instrument that tackles carbon leakage by putting a carbon price on imports of the following goods: cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen. In a nutshell, the main need of the proposal is…
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Free trade agreement New Zealand-EU approved by European Parliament
On 22 November 2023 the European Parliament approved the free trade agreement between the EU and New Zealand. Now, before entering into force, this agreement should be approved by all the Member states parliaments. As declared: “…“Today is a good day for the EU and global rule-based trade. Our vote is a very clear signal of our commitment to negotiating new EU free trade agreements, of which we have seen too few in this parliamentary term. While we live at different ends of the world, the EU and New Zealand are close, trusted, reliable and like-minded partners. Together, we are driving global rules-based trade forward against the backdrop of a…