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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Nick Perry

'Unintended Consequences': Friction At COP28 Over Green Trade

Nations are divided over where to handle climate-related trade disputes, a matter never before discussed at COP gatherings (Credit: AFP)

Inside the negotiating rooms and on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks, simmering tensions over wealthy countries' "green trade" policies have been bubbling to the surface, with developing nations fearful they will be penalised.

A particularly sore point has been the European Union's new carbon border tax, which sets a price on imported goods based on the emissions involved in creating them.

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