The European Union has proposed a policy called the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism which BASIC countries have opposed.
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an initiative of European Union (EU) to prevent carbon leakage from extremely carbon intensive imports.
Under this, duties will be imposed on imported goods based on the carbon expended in producing them.
The duty imposed is an equivalent cost on imports to level the playing field between foreign and domestic producers.
BASIC is a grouping of four newly industrialized countries namely, Brazil, South Africa, India and China.