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COP26: De Croo wants to use EU trade policy as a weapon against polluting countries

Alexander De Croo defends the climate policy of our country and of the European Union. According to him, Europe is playing a pioneering role. He believes that the real problem is how far other trading blocks such as China, Australia or the United States are prepared to go in terms of climate measures.

“For me, that’s the big question at the Glasgow climate summit: it’s not so much about what Europe is doing as how we manage to lead other countries,” he said. he.

“We have mechanisms to achieve this. We have to use our trade policy as a weapon, to tell other trading blocs: if you want to import into us products that are produced in a more polluting way than what we do in Europe, then we have them. tax, because we want the rules of the game to be the same for all, “he defended.

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