European Union official seeks to allay India’s concerns on ‘carbon tax’ (PG 9)(GS 3)
•The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is not intended to be “protectionist” and only meant to avoid the problem of ‘carbon leakage,’ said FransTimmermans, European Union’s chief climate negotiator, on Friday.
•Indian industries will have nothing to worry if the carbonintensity of goods, for eg. steel, aluminium and iron, made in India and exported to the EU matches that of the goods made in the bloc.
• “We are now in the trial period of the CBAM and I can assure that the CBAM will be WTOcompliant and will be corrected if it is having unintended effects,” he said.
•“It is too early to make assumptions on levies and costs for Indian businesses. We are in constant touch with India on this.