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news Scmp World 2026-06-15

EU carbon tariffs create trade complications for Chinese steel companies

Chinese firms exporting to Europe are facing significant challenges and trade tensions due to the EU's new complex carbon tariff system.


As trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels continue to rise, China’s firms in the European Union have been forced to walk a delicate tightrope: expanding their presence in the lucrative market while grappling with heightened regulatory hurdles and rapid geopolitical shifts. In the first part of this three-part series, we look at a new, complex EU carbon tariff system that has business owners scratching their heads. Neil Miao has been exporting metal hardware to Europe for years. But earlier....

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