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EU Broadens Concerns on Subsidies in Biden’s Climate Law

  • List widens to electricity, aviation, hydrogen, diplomats say
  • Brussels discussing possible options with South Korea, Japan
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at an Inflation Reduction Act event at the White House on Sept. 13.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at an Inflation Reduction Act event at the White House on Sept. 13.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg
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European Union complaints with the US’s stimulus package have deepened, threatening disputes at the World Trade Organization between the two allies, according to people familiar with the matter.

The EU’s problem with President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act goes beyond subsidies for electric cars and includes unfair support for the green economy in areas such as electricity from renewable resources, sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen, the people said.