EU carbon tariff sows havoc in China as steel firms grapple with ‘absurd’ rules

As trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels continue to rise, China’s firms in the European Union have been forced to walk a delicate tightrope: expanding their presence in the lucrative market while grappling with heightened regulatory hurdles and rapid geopolitical shifts. In the first part of this three-part series, we look at a new, complex EU carbon tariff system that has business owners scratching their heads.
Neil Miao has been exporting metal hardware to Europe for years. But earlier...