Carbon, the price you see and the cost you don’t

• The EU seeks to ensure that climate rules do not cause competitive disadvantages

• The mechanism forces you to look beyond the visible price of each product

Companies can buy cheaper and still end up paying more. The cause of this apparent contradiction lies in a fact that until recently hardly influenced the choice of supplier: the carbon emitted during the manufacture of products. And it is that, since this year, this carbon has a price for certain imports that arrive in the European Union. Its price is the result of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, known as CBAM.

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