Europe’s Wounded Industries Struggle to Catch Economic Tailwinds
Carbon-policy tweaks and lower gas prices can’t solve the region’s competitiveness problem.
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporter Priscila Azevedo Rocha looks at how new policy initiatives and cheaper gas may not be enough to save Europe’s lagging industries.
The European Union is waking up to its competitiveness deficit, and just how much of the problem stems from high energy and carbon costs.