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Europe’s Green Strategy Is a ‘Trade Weapon,’ Belgium’s Leader Says
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The European Union’s ambitious climate plan is in part a “trade weapon” to force major polluting economies to comply with the bloc’s demanding standards, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said.
“We do this because we believe this is the way we gain economic and technological advantage,” De Croo said in an interview with Bloomberg Television during the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. “But we also do it because we will use it almost as a trade weapon.”