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2021-06-01 18:05:48 GMT2021-06-02 02:05:48(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LISBON, June 1 (Xinhua) In the city of Sines in southern Portugal, the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union (EU) inaugurated on Tuesday EllaLink, the first direct high-speed submarine optical cable connection between Europe and South America.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Portugal s Prime Minister Antonio Costa stressed the strategic importance of this new system and the privileged geographical position of Portugal as a point of connection with other continents. In the digital age, the dematerialization of space means that there is neither a center nor a periphery. But you cannot build this without the existence of infrastructure, he said.
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In his meeting with Portugal s Prime Minister Antonio Costa in Lisbon, the current holder of the European Union s rotating presidency, on Saturday, German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz proposed that the EU should found a climate club with other countries to avoid trade frictions related to green tariffs such as the planned carbon border levy.
Scholz said that Europe must engage with other countries to agree on joint rules and common standards on how to reduce carbon emissions, suggesting that the EU should approach the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan and China to discuss these issues.