charge on goods imported into the EU, based on the emissions emitted during their production. The European Commission should … therefore hinder rather than help EU climate policy. The EU should instead focus upon the implementation of measures to trigger …

development of low-carbon technologies within the EU that can subsequently be exported. The result is an investment level below … the socially optimal value in the EU. Commercialisation contracts could be implemented as a temporary measure to remove … subsidies amounting to the difference between the agreed carbon price and the actual EU carbon price would be provided to …

more investment outside the EU, but less in domestic infrastructure and demand-side appliances, while electrification …