By Colette van der Ven, Cláudia Azevedo, and Sanvid Tuljapurkar 6 January 2006 This op-ed was first published by the Financial Times' Sustainable Views The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism entered into force on January 1, introducing binding monitoring, reporting, verification, and financial obligations for importers of certain commodities. This followed the release by the European Commission on December 17 of a package  of more than 15 documents clarifying and expanding CBAM...

Title:  The Bigger Picture: Global implications of the EU’s steel strategy beyond CBAM Authors:  Colette van der Ven, Cláudia Azevedo Date: 29 January 2026 In response to growing domestic and international pressures on the European Union (EU) steel sector, the European Commission has made the steel industry a priority for the current legislative cycle, culminating in the adoption of the Steel and Metals Action Plan (SMAP). The SMAP introduces a range of regulatory measures designed to enhance...

By Colette van der Ven. Claudia Azevedo contributed to this article. This op-ed was first published on Borderlex  on 30/01/2026. Sustainability and climate provisions were a key sticking point in the recently concluded India-EU trade negotiations . The final outcome includes fewer binding climate commitments than other EU free trade agreements, but it does offer a pathway to better integrating the trade, climate and industrial policy objectives of two vastly different trading partners. The...