Trade Rules Emerge as Weapon to Fight Climate Change in Europe

摘要

The European Union is poised to bring trade policy into the fight against climate change, a move that risksstoking global commercial tensions.European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen wants to craft a carbon border tariff for theEU, the world’s biggest single market, as part of a Green Deal to battle the more frequent heat waves,storms and floods tied to global warming.