Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on EU-China political relations

Tabled by Tomasz Froelich

Added: Nb. whereas the EU’s carbon pricing strategy penalises high emissions while China’s green tech strategy focuses on production of green tech rather than emissions reduction; whereas under the EU’s Emissions Trading System, the price of carbon is 7 to 10 times higher than China’s carbon price; whereas Chinese green tech helps to reduce the costs of renewable energy and electric vehicles, enabling China to flood the world market with its manufactures, while the country has not reduced coal production; whereas the EU’s climate policies unilaterally undermine the competitiveness of European companies in respect of industrial competitors across the world;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.288