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China has threatened a legal challenge to the EU's 'unfair' and 'discriminatory' carbon border levy (Photo: European Union)

China and India cry foul as EU carbon payments fall due

Chinese officials have indicated that they will file a complaint to the World Trade Organisation against the EU’s new carbon levy, which came into force on Thursday (1 January), describing it as "unfair" and "discriminatory." 

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

China has threatened a legal challenge to the EU's 'unfair' and 'discriminatory' carbon border levy (Photo: European Union)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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