Trade and climate: How the EU can protect the Paris Agreement

It is possible to effectively integrate the Paris Agreement into new trade deals, including CETA and the upcoming JEFTA with Japan. But it requires a bit more creativity than the recent political declarations, write Mathilde Dupré and Samuel Leré.

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In its “CETA action plan”, presented in October, France committed to including, in all future trade agreements, “compliance with the Paris Agreement among the essential element clauses" for cooperation. [Storm Crypt / Flickr]

Mathilde Dupré and Samuel Leré 28-02-2018 06:06 5 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project

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