Europe's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) now requires its trade partners to declare the carbon content associated with production of imported goods including iron, steel, aluminum, cement, fertilizer, hydrogen, and electricity. Trade partners will be asked in 2026 to buy CBAM certificates for these specified goods to access European markets. S&P Global Expert Coralie Laurencin joins EnergyCents with hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss CBAM's recently begun transitional period and how policy makers expect it to support decarbonization ambition and increase the competitiveness of European industry.

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