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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Leaked EU plan reveals response to US and Chinese green subsidies

A solar farm with a windfarm in the background in El Bonillo, Spain
A solar farm with a windfarm in the background in El Bonillo, Spain. The EU’s existing Covid recovery plans have made €250bn available for green measures. Photograph: Pablo Blázquez Domínguez/Getty Images

The EU executive will loosen state aid rules and propose a new “European sovereignty fund” later this year, in response to the controversial US Inflation Reduction Act and China’s “unfair” green subsidies.

A leaked European Commission plan underscores the global green subsidy race is under way, although EU member states remain divided on how to respond.

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