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A An emerging flashpoint in America’s relationship with the European Union is the question of who gets to set climate-related standards — on energy efficiency, emissions disclosure and other issues. An early indicator of the brewing conflict came last week, when US climate envoy John Kerry cautioned Europeans against adopting a carbon border-adjustment mechanism. Given its recent leadership in global standard-setting and its desire to show independence from the US, Europe may well go a...

European Parliament backs carbon border tax Share London | The European Parliament has backed the bloc’s push for a carbon border tax on imports from countries such as Australia, in a plenary vote on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) that gives Brussels the political imprimatur and momentum to press ahead with the plan. The European Commission is expected to present the details of the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) in June, with a view to getting at least a pilot scheme up and runni...

F How Europe Became a Model for the 21st Century An Essay by Ullrich Fichtner Despite its long list of crises in recent years - including the most recent vaccine snafu - the European Union has become a global pacesetter. Its laws and regulations have established global norms. This has made the bloc a 21st century model. I. In the cosmos of political cartoons, Europe has been depicted as a snail and as a hydra, as a snake pit or a pigsty. The European Union can be a sick man, an old woman in a w...

DER SPIEGEL Pfeil nach rechts An Essay by Ullrich Fichtner An Essay by Ullrich Fichtner Despite its long list of crises in recent years - including the most recent vaccine snafu - the European Union has become a global pacesetter. Its laws and regulations have established global norms. This has made the bloc a 21st century model. 04.02.2021, 16.36 Uhr Icon: vergrößern Fans of the European Union gather in front of the Opéra Garnier theater in Paris in 2020: A giant that is shaping the planet...

Advertisement Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy.  This conversation with Anu Bradford – Henry L. Moses professor of law and international organization and director of the European Legal Studies Center at Columbia Law School; nonresident scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union...

This imperfect Brexit deal means the battle to truly Leave has only just begun This flawed settlement contains all the ingredients for Remainers to work towards ever-closer EU alignment 31 December 2020 • 6:00am While Boris Johnson has not quite delivered a full-fat Brexit, he has contrived an escape route against the odds. Leavers, outside Parliament at least, are divided over whether his deal is merely the illusion of sovereignty or a concrete breakthrough for freedom. Still, the agreement ...

Why techplomacy is more important than ever Collaboration between the private and public sectors and the bridging of transatlantic views on concrete challenges like data flows and cyberthreats will be essential for governments, business and workers to succeed, writes DIGITALEUROPE’s Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl. Source: Adobe Stock 10 Dec 2020 Digital technologies have proved their worth this year, keeping us connected with the things that matter while we stay at home. Like pandemics, digital techno...