Updated 27/05/2021 12:44 BST
PM Urged To Back ‘Carbon Border Tax’ To Protect UK Firms From China
Stanley Johnson joins ex-trade secretary Liam Fox to push for green levy
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Boris Johnson should introduce a “carbon border tax” to protect British firms from polluting competitors like China, former international trade secretary Liam Fox has urged.
The intervention by right-winger Fox has boosted hopes among environmentalists that a growing Tory consensus will persuade the prime minister to push the plan ahead of the UK’s chairing of the COP26 climate talks this year.
The Treasury and the Department for Business are currently working on the detail of the border tax, which would slap an extra tariff on imports produced in countries with high greenhouse gas emissions, and insiders have told HuffPost UK the PM is “very open” to the idea.