EU relaxes climate stance in trade sop to Trump

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EU relaxes climate stance in trade sop to Trump
Published on 26/07/2018, 4:36pm
 

By Megan Darby

The European Commission abandoned its customary climate hard talk in a bid to defuse trade tensions with the US on Wednesday.

Following a visit by commission president Jean-Claude Juncker to Donald Trump in Washington DC, the two major economies promised to work to eliminate trade barriers.

In a joint statement, they agreed to launch “a close dialogue on standards in order to ease trade, reduce bureaucratic obstacles, and slash costs”.

http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/07/26/eu-relaxes-climate-stance-trade-sop-trump/

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They are likely taking heat from their own citizens on the high cost of combating climate change.