Outra vez o Karma

Há uma semana escrevi sobre o Karma.

Ontem no FT, "Non-European companies need not fear carbon border tax":

"The EU has long been at the forefront of global efforts to fight climate change. In particular, we have been pioneers when it comes to carbon pricing: the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) has been operating for close to two decades. This Sunday, we will begin to implement another groundbreaking measure that will over time extend the same pricing principles to all carbon-intensive products sold on the EU market, wherever in the world they originate.

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The EU is introducing CBAM in a gradual manner. For a transitional phase running until the end of 2025, EU importers of CBAM goods - steel, iron, aluminium, cement, hydrogen, fertilisers and electricity - from non-EU countries will only need to provide data on the carbon intensity of their products.

EU measures aim to encourage industry globally to embrace greener technologies

Then, starting in 2026, companies will begin buying and surrendering BAM certificates based on the carbon footprint of their imports. Payments under BAM will be phased in over a decade until 2035."

A EU exporta mais do que importa. O que impede outros países e blocos económicos de criarem mecanismos de "retaliação"? Uma UE envelhecida precisa de exportar, mais do que importar.

Lembro-me, por exemplo, das campanhas do calçado para exportar para os Estados Unidos ou para a Coreia do Sul.