Brussels, 25/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - Border carbon emissions adjustment, proposed by MEP Édouard Martin (S&D, France) in a report on the future of the steel-making sector, was strongly criticised by a section of the European Parliament when the issue was debated in the evening of Tuesday 24 November, with Industry Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska in attendance.
Such a measure would be tantamount to adopting a protectionist policy, said Ashley Fox (ECR, UK), arguing that the real problem...