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The Hill | July 8, 2025

The EU's New Climate and Trade Policy Will Be a Good Deal for US Steel and Aluminum

In this column for The Hill, MIT Sloan Professor Catherine Wolfram and three coauthors explore some of the implications of the European Union's plans to implement a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

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Catherine Wolfram

Catherine Wolfram

William Barton Rogers Professor in Energy

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