Sarkozy floats plan for carbon tariffs on US goods if Trump tears up Paris Agreement

French presidential candidate proposes a Europe-wide carbon tax on American imports if Trump administration refuses to deliver on Paris commitments

James Murray
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Nicholas Sarkozy has raised the prospect of tariffs on US imports if the Trump administration makes good on threats to pull out of the Paris Agreement, underlining how the President-elect's professed climate...

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