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‘Heard the screams of protectionism’: Canberra warned on carbon policy

Jacob Greber

Former European trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström has warned the Morrison government of becoming “more and more isolated” over carbon policy and rejected Canberra’s argument that a proposed EU carbon border adjustment is protectionism.

Dr Malmström, who lost out earlier this year to Mathias Cormann in a nail-biting race for the OECD’s top job, said Europe’s border adjustments were being studied by “an army of lawyers” to ensure their compliance with World Trade Organisation rules.

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Jacob Greber was The Australian Financial Review’s senior political correspondent. Connect with Jacob on Twitter. Email Jacob at jgreber@afr.com

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