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AEGIS Europe supports the strengthening of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) but argues that the Commission’s proposed Temporary Decarbonisation Fund is only a partial solution to the risk of carbon leakage for EU exporters. We call for a long-term, WTO-compatible export mechanism, stronger anti-circumvention rules, and targeted extensions of CBAM to downstream products to preserve the competitiveness of European industry.
AEGIS Europe warns that European manufacturing is facing growing pressure from unfair trade practices, global overcapacities, and imports that fail to respect EU environmental and social standards. The paper calls for stronger and faster EU trade defence measures, including reinforced anti-circumvention rules, broader investigations across entire value chains, and new tools to address market distortions and industrial overcapacity. It provides recommendations based on changes to the current practice and changes to the law.
AEGIS Europe supports the inclusion of “Made in Europe” and European content requirements in future EU legislation, particularly under the Industrial Accelerator Act and the revision of the Public Procurement Directives. The statement argues that stronger transparency, origin criteria, and European preference rules are needed to reinforce industrial resilience, strategic autonomy, and fair competition in the face of global overcapacities and unfair trade practices.
