【SMM Stainless Steel Market】High CBAM Default Values Stall EU-India FTA Talks; Deadline Missed

Published: Jan 6, 2026 11:45
India has voiced repeated protests in recent months regarding the "very high" CO2 default values assigned to its exports under the new EU CBAM regime. This dispute has weighed heavily on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations, causing the parties to miss the original target of concluding talks by the end of 2025.

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India has voiced repeated protests in recent months regarding the "ver - Shanghai Metals Market (SMM)